Recorded 2000–2023 Girls' name Peak 2009 126 births

Suhailah — girls' name

126 babies named Suhailah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s422010s622020s22
2010s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Suhailah was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

14 babies were named Suhailah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suhailah

The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Suhailah between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suhailah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suhailah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Suhailah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suhailah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suhailah 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 126 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.

Suhailah at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

126

Since 2000

24 years of records

Peak year

2009

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2000

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2023

Suhailah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2009)
14
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
46810121416 2023201720142011200820022000 5

Suhailah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
62 births that decade — 49% of Suhailah's all-time total
2000s422010s622020s22

Suhailah by state

Where Suhailah concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Suhailah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
24 19.0%
Pennsylvania share of Suhailah's total US births 19.0%

24 of 126 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suhailah?
126 babies have been named Suhailah since 2000. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2009 with 14 births.
When was Suhailah most popular?
Suhailah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Suhailah most popular?
The top states for the name Suhailah are Pennsylvania (24 births).
How long has the name Suhailah been used?
Suhailah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 24 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Suhailah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Suhani, Suhana, Suha, Suhayla, 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, 2000–2023 (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.