Sumaya
Girl · soo-MY-a · Arabic
Sumaya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
What does Sumaya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sumayya
A spelling of Sumayya; Sumayya bint Khayyat is honoured as the first martyr of Islam.
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Is Sumaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Sumaya, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 910th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 117 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Sumaya than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Sumaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Sumaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,208 |
| 2023 | 34 | #1,075 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 34 | #1,078 |
| 2020 | 42 | #910 |
| 2019 | 52 | #790 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 63 | #720 |
| 2015 | 61 | #714 |
| 2014 | 87 | #542 |
| 2013 | 75 | #602 |
| 2012 | 78 | #597 |
| 2011 | 85 | #541 |
| 2010 | 79 | #557 |
| 2009 | 85 | #514 |
| 2008 | 117 | #413 |
| 2007 | 109 | #416 |
| 2006 | 107 | #418 |
| 2005 | 93 | #444 |
| 2004 | 85 | #459 |
| 2003 | 71 | #503 |
| 2002 | 62 | #531 |
| 2001 | 54 | #578 |
| 2000 | 37 | #715 |
| 1999 | 22 | #1,035 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,520 |
How popular is Sumaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Sumaya, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more girls named Sumaya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sumaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sumaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 88 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 85 | #2,190 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 109 | #1,875 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,919 |
| 2014 | 93 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 86 | #2,173 |
| 2012 | 94 | #2,047 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
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