Girls' name · since 1996
Sumaiyah
329 babies named Sumaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sumaiyah currently ranks #15719 among girls' names in America, with 329 babies recorded since 1996.
Sumaiyah has 329 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15719 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #15,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,719 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 329 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sumaiyah ranks #15,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,719 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 329 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,159 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,719 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 329
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sumaiyah's 329 recorded births place it above 79.03% 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 Sumaiyah compares
329 47th 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
Sumaiyah's all-time total is 12% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sumaiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 329 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sumaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sumaiyah splits its recorded history at 2009: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sumaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Sumaiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (152 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Sumaiyah's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Sumaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 45
1990s
45 births
- 2000s
2000s
152 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 152 births (46% of all-time use).
Sumaiyah by state
Where Sumaiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 3.3% |
11 of 329 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sumaiyah's data
- Sumaiyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (152 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Sumaiyahs (11 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sumaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Sumaiyah 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.