Sumeya — girls' name
262 babies named Sumeya in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Sumeya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Sumeya in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sumeya
The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Sumeya between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sumeya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumeya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sumeya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sumeya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sumeya 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 262 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.
Sumeya at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sumeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000
- Peak year (2017)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
262 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 18 births in a single year.
Sumeya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 141 births that decade — 54% of Sumeya's all-time total
Sumeya decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sumeya's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Sumeya by state
Where Sumeya concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 30 | 11.5% |
30 of 262 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 11.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 11.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.