Suraiya — #6550 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Suraiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Suraiya between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suraiya currently holds the #6550 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Suraiya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Suraiya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suraiya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Suraiya 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 257 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.