Girls' name · since 1977
Surayya
10 babies named Surayya in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #56,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,392 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
10 babies have been named Surayya since 1977, making it today's #15392 girls' name.
Surayya has 10 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15392 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #56,624 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,392 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10 born since 1977
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Surayya ranks #56,624 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,392 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10 born since 1977, peaking in the 1970s.
- #56,624 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,392 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 1977
- 1970s
- peak decade
Surayya's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Surayya compares
10 3rd 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
Surayya's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Surayya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Surayya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Surayya's full recorded timeline at 2025, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births.
Surayya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Surayya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (5 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Surayya's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Surayya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Surayya's data
- Surayya's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Surayya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Surayya 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.