Girls' name · since 1982
Sumaira
66 babies named Sumaira in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sumaira currently ranks #12268 among girls' names in America, with 66 babies recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Sumaira recorded 66 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #12268 nationally today, ahead of 29% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #31,852 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,268 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 66 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sumaira ranks #31,852 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,268 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 66 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,852 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sumaira's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sumaira compares
66 19th 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
Sumaira's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sumaira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sumaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sumaira splits its recorded history at 2015: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sumaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Sumaira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Sumaira's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Sumaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (33% of all-time use).
Sumaira by state
Where Sumaira concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 9.1% |
6 of 66 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Sumairas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sumaira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1982–2025 (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 Sumaira 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.