Sumayah
Girl · soo-MAY-ya · Arabic
Sumayah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Sumayah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sumayyah
“high, exalted”
Sumayyah bint Khayyat, mother of Ammar ibn Yasir, is honoured in Islamic tradition as the first martyr of Islam.
- Say it
- soo-MAY-ya
Is Sumayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Sumayah, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 girls in the UK were given Sumayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Sumayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Sumayah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Sumayah, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had more girls named Sumayah than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Sumayah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Sumayah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
- Sumayyah 35
- Sumayah 22
Sumayah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 80 | #2,353 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Sumayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Sumayah
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