Recorded 2006–2023 Girls' name Peak 2006 34 births

Surayah — girls' name

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

2000s62010s102020s18
2020s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Surayah was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

6 babies were named Surayah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Surayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Surayah between 2006 and 2023, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Surayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Surayah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Surayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Surayah 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 34 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.

Surayah at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

34

Since 2006

18 years of records

Peak year

2006

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2006

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2023

Surayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2006

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2006)
6
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.5 202320222021201520142006 6

Surayah by decade

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

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
18 births that decade — 53% of Surayah's all-time total
2000s62010s102020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Surayah?
34 babies have been named Surayah since 2006. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2006 with 6 births.
When was Surayah most popular?
Surayah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Surayah been used?
Surayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 18 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Surayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Suri, Sury, Suraya, Surina, 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, 2006–2023 (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.