Sura
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOO-rah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Sura is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Sura mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Sarah; also an Arabic word for a chapter of the Quran
Used both as a Yiddish form of Sarah and, among Muslim families, after the Arabic word for a chapter of the Quran.
Is Sura a girl's or a boy's name?
Sura is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sura in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 girls.
Sura in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Sura in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Sura, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Sura in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sura in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
Names like Sura
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Hafsa, Ayra, Hiba, Hawa, Sama, Zainab, Rahma, Ayah, Amira, Khadija
Names related to Sura
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Sura: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sura, updated 20 October 2026.