Girls' name · since 2006
Surayah
Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Surayah, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,194 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Surayah is the #14194 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 40 recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Surayah recorded 40 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #14194 nationally today, ahead of 18% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #37,687 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,194 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Surayah ranks #37,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,194 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #37,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,194 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Surayah's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Surayah compares
40 13th percentile among 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
Surayah's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Surayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Surayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Surayah splits its recorded history at 2021: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Surayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Surayah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 60% of the file).
2020s was Surayah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Surayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Surayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Surayah 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.