Girls' name · since 2003

Sureya

Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Sureya, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#30,868 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,522 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2003
2020s
peak decade

72 babies have been named Sureya since 2003, making it today's #11522 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sureya has been recorded 72 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #11522 nationally and more common than 33% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.

  • #30,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,522 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 72 born since 2003
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sureya ranks #30,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 72 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,868 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,522 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
72
born since 2003
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.3%
Sureya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Sureya's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Sureya compares

72 20th 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

Sureya's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Sureya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 72 376 567,345
Peak-year births 8 21 19,840

Sureya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Sureya splits its recorded history at 2020: 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 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Sureya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
8
Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
456789 20032007201020142019202020212022202320242025 8

Sureya by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 60% of the file).

2020s was Sureya's strongest decade.

43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Sureya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sureya?
Sureya has been given to 72 babies in the U.S. since 2003, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #30,868 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,522 of 17,297. 8 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Sureya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sureya ranks #30,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Sureya most popular?
Sureya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Sureya been used?
Records for Sureya go back to 2003, giving 23 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Sureya?
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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Sureya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2003–2025 (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 Sureya 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.