Surah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOO-rah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Surah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Surah mean?
Arabic: Arabic sura; also a spelling of Sarah
In Arabic a surah is one of the 114 chapters of the Quran.
Is Surah a girl's or a boy's name?
Surah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Surah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Surah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Surah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Surah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Surah, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Surah in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Surah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Names like Surah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Ayah Sumayyah Zainab Safaa Hafsa Izzah Ruqayyah Aaliyah Rahma Abeeha
Names related to Surah
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, “Surah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/surah, updated 20 October 2026.