Girls' name · since 1976
Sumayyah
955 babies named Sumayyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 955
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
955 babies have been named Sumayyah since 1976, making it today's #4107 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sumayyah has been recorded 955 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #4107 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #7,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,107 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 955 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sumayyah ranks #7,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,107 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 955 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 955
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sumayyah's 955 recorded births place it above 89.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Sumayyah compares
955 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Sumayyah's all-time total is 154% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sumayyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 955 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sumayyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sumayyah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 45 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sumayyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Sumayyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (331 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Sumayyah's strongest decade.
331 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Sumayyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 120
1990s
120 births
- 2000s
2000s
251 births
- 2010s
2010s
331 births
- 2020s
2020s
227 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 331 births (35% of all-time use).
How Sumayyah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sumayyah's total volume
Sumayyah by state
Where Sumayyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 110 | 11.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 51 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 20 | 2.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 19 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
110 of 955 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Sumayyah's data
- Sumayyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (331 total births) through the 2020s (227) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Pennsylvania records the most Sumayyahs (110 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sumayyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Sumayyah 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.