Girls' name · since 2012
Smaya
Smaya has 139 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,596 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
139 babies have been named Smaya since 2012, making it today's #7830 girls' name.
Smaya has 139 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7830 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #23,596 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,830 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Smaya ranks #23,596 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,830 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 139 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,596 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,830 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Smaya's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Smaya compares
139 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Smaya's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Smaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Smaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Smaya's full recorded timeline at 2020, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Smaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Smaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Smaya's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Smaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (55% of all-time use).
Smaya by state
Where Smaya concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.6% |
6 of 139 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Smayas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Smaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Smaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.