# Sumaya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sumaya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Sumy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,142 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,142 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,750, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 2,171 |
| 2012 | 94 | 2,063 |
| 2013 | 86 | 2,185 |
| 2014 | 93 | 2,092 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,934 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,883 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,218 |
| 2018 | 85 | 2,205 |
| 2019 | 88 | 2,139 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,373 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,886 |
| 2022 | 62 | 2,785 |
| 2023 | 75 | 2,413 |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,656 |
| 2025 | 76 | 2,383 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 83 | 509 |
| 2012 | 77 | 546 |
| 2013 | 74 | 554 |
| 2014 | 87 | 486 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 62 | 676 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 51 | 749 |
| 2020 | 42 | 853 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Sumaya

- Sumayyah bint Khayyat, companion (Sahabiyyah) of Muhammad

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.