Sumaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MY-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Sumaiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Sumaiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sumaiya, itself a spelling of Sumayya
A spelling of Sumayya; Sumayya bint Khayyat is honoured as the first martyr of Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Sumaiya.
Is Sumaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Sumaiyah, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 44 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. 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 Sumaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Sumaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,711 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,302 |
| 2013 | 44 | #915 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 30 | #1,190 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 34 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 27 | #1,006 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 30 | #857 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Sumaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Sumaiyah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sumaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Sumaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Sumaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Sumaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Ruqayyah Safiya Zainab Safaa Safia Ayah Nusaybah Aaminah Hiba Hafsa
Other spellings of Sumaiyah
Names related to Sumaiyah
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, “Sumaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sumaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.