Girls' name · since 2000

Suhailah

134 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.

#23,996 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,453 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
134
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

Suhailah currently ranks #11453 among girls' names in America, with 134 babies recorded since 2000.

Suhailah has 134 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11453 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, 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 2000 to 2025.

  • #23,996 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,453 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 134 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suhailah ranks #23,996 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,453 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 134 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#23,996 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,453 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
134
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.7%
Suhailah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Suhailah's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.

How Suhailah compares

134 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

Suhailah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Suhailah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 134 376 567,345
Peak-year births 14 21 19,840

Suhailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Suhailah splits its recorded history at 2013: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Suhailah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
14
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
46810121416 2000200620102013201620222025 8

Suhailah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 46% of the file).

2010s was Suhailah's strongest decade.

62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Suhailah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 17.9%
Pennsylvania share of Suhailah's total US births 17.9%

24 of 134 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suhailah?
134 babies have been named Suhailah since 2000. All-time, it sits at #23,996 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,453 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2009 with 14 births.
Where does Suhailah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suhailah ranks #23,996 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,453 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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 26 years of data through 2025.
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.

What to do with Suhailah's data

  • Suhailah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Pennsylvania records the most Suhailahs (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Suhailah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Suhailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2000–2025 (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 Suhailah 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.