Sumaiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MY-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Sumaiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Sumaiya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sumayya
A spelling of Sumayya; Sumayya bint Khayyat is honoured as the first martyr of Islam.
Is Sumaiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumaiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumaiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Sumaiya, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 59 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumaiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Sumaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Sumaiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 2014 | 44 | #925 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 50 | #798 |
| 2010 | 50 | #789 |
| 2009 | 57 | #707 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 59 | #655 |
| 2006 | 49 | #703 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 48 | #670 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 41 | #700 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 28 | #861 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Sumaiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Sumaiya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Sumaiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Sumaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Sumaiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Sumaiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Safiya, Zainab, Safaa, Hafsa, Safia, Hiba, Ruqayyah, Rahma, Abeeha, Halima
Other spellings of Sumaiya
Names related to Sumaiya
Sumayyah, Sumaya, Sumayah, Samiya, Samiyah, Summayah, Somaya, Smaya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sumaiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sumaiya, updated 20 October 2026.