Recorded 2000–2023 Girls' name Peak 2017 262 births

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.

2000s932010s1412020s28
2010s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Sumeya was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

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 2023

Total births

262

Since 2000

24 years of records

Peak year

2017

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2000

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sumeya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2017)
18
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
5101520 20232019201620132010200720032000 9

Sumeya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
141 births that decade — 54% of Sumeya's all-time total
2000s932010s1412020s28

Sumeya by state

Where Sumeya concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sumeya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Minnesota
30 11.5%
Minnesota share of Sumeya's total US births 11.5%

30 of 262 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sumeya?
262 babies have been named Sumeya since 2000. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2017 with 18 births.
When was Sumeya most popular?
Sumeya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 141 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Sumeya most popular?
The top states for the name Sumeya are Minnesota (30 births).
How long has the name Sumeya been used?
Sumeya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 24 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sumeya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Summer, Sumaya, Sumer, Sumayyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.