Sumayyah
Girl · soo-MAY-ya · Arabic
Sumayyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 417th for girls in the UK (110 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Sumayyah mean?
Arabic
“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 Sumayyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumayyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 110 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sumayyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #417among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the UK were named Sumayyah, making it the 417th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 600th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Sumayyah of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sumayyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 129 girls in the UK were given Sumayyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #417 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 386th in England and Wales.
Sumayyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #417 |
| 2024 | 79 | #547 |
| 2023 | 77 | #548 |
| 2022 | 74 | #578 |
| 2021 | 80 | #553 |
| 2020 | 70 | #600 |
| 2019 | 75 | #584 |
| 2018 | 76 | #593 |
| 2017 | 83 | #566 |
| 2016 | 91 | #517 |
| 2015 | 101 | #474 |
| 2014 | 91 | #522 |
| 2013 | 77 | #587 |
| 2012 | 85 | #552 |
| 2011 | 74 | #596 |
| 2010 | 78 | #565 |
| 2009 | 95 | #482 |
| 2008 | 85 | #508 |
| 2007 | 83 | #506 |
| 2006 | 86 | #491 |
| 2005 | 87 | #467 |
| 2004 | 78 | #489 |
| 2003 | 93 | #421 |
| 2002 | 78 | #458 |
| 2001 | 67 | #490 |
| 2000 | 71 | #468 |
| 1999 | 57 | #556 |
| 1998 | 31 | #813 |
| 1997 | 31 | #822 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Sumayyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Sumayyah, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Sumayyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Sumayyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Sumayyah 35
- Sumayah 22
Sumayyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,763 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
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