Recorded 1973–2023 Girls' name Peak 2008 493 births

Suha — girls' name

493 babies named Suha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s361980s471990s982000s1942010s1012020s17
2000s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Suha was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

27 babies were named Suha in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suha

The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Suha between 1973 and 2023, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Suha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Suha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 493 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Suha at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

493

Since 1973

51 years of records

Peak year

2008

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1973

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2023

Suha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1973

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2008)
27
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
051015202530 20232015200920031997199119811973 6

Suha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
194 births that decade — 39% of Suha's all-time total
1970s361980s471990s982000s1942010s1012020s17

Suha by state

Where Suha concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Suha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 2.0%
#2 Illinois
7 1.4%
#3 California
6 1.2%
#4 Texas
6 1.2%
New York share of Suha's total US births 2.0%
Even split

10 of 493 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suha?
493 babies have been named Suha since 1973. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2008 with 27 births.
When was Suha most popular?
Suha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 194 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Suha most popular?
The top states for the name Suha are New York (10 births), Illinois (7 births), California (6 births).
How long has the name Suha been used?
Suha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 51 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Suha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Suhani, Suhana, Suhayla, Suhaylah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.