Recorded 2004–2023 Girls' name Peak 2006 57 births

Suniyah — girls' name

57 babies named Suniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s262010s212020s10
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Suniyah was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

10 babies were named Suniyah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Suniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Suniyah between 2004 and 2023, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suniyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suniyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Suniyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suniyah 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 57 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.

Suniyah at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

57

Since 2004

20 years of records

Peak year

2006

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2004

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2023

Suniyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2004

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2006)
10
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
4681012 202320222017201320102009200720062004 5

Suniyah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
26 births that decade — 46% of Suniyah's all-time total
2000s262010s212020s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Suniyah?
57 babies have been named Suniyah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2006 with 10 births.
When was Suniyah most popular?
Suniyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Suniyah been used?
Suniyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 20 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Suniyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sunny, Sunshine, Sunday, Sunnie, 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, 2004–2023 (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.