Girls' name · since 1975
Suraya
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 745 babies named Suraya, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,303 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suraya currently ranks #4303 among girls' names in America, with 745 babies recorded since 1975.
Suraya has 745 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4303 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #9,168 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,303 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 745 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suraya ranks #9,168 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,303 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 745 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,168 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,303 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suraya's 745 recorded births place it above 87.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Suraya compares
745 Top 37% higher than 63% 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
Suraya's all-time total is 98% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Suraya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 745 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Suraya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Suraya splits its recorded history at 2008: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Suraya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Suraya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (255 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Suraya's strongest decade.
255 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Suraya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
221 births
- 2010s
2010s
255 births
- 2020s
2020s
197 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 255 births (34% of all-time use).
How Suraya 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 Suraya's total volume
Suraya by state
Where Suraya concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 87 | 11.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
87 of 745 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Suraya's data
- Suraya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (255 total births) through the 2020s (197) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Surayas (87 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Suraya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Suraya 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.