Unisex name · since 1975
Suhail
384 babies named Suhail in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,830 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suhail currently ranks #7830 among unisex names in America, with 384 babies recorded since 1975.
Suhail has 384 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7830 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #9,249 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,830 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 384 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suhail ranks #9,249 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,830 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 384 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,830 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 384
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suhail's 384 recorded births place it above 79.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Suhail compares
384 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Suhail's all-time total is 4% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Suhail | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 384 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Suhail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Suhail's full recorded timeline at 2005, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Suhail popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Suhail popularity over time - girls
25 total births recorded since 1976 (Suhail as girls' name)
Suhail by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Suhail's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Suhail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (31% of all-time use).
Suhail by state
Where Suhail concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
7 of 384 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Suhail's data
- Suhail's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2020s (75) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Suhails (7 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 Suhail: 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 (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Suhail 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.