Girls' name · since 1994
Suriya
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 240 babies named Suriya, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suriya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 240 have been recorded since 1994.
Suriya has 240 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1994 to 2024.
- #18,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Suriya ranks #18,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Suriya's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Suriya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Suriya splits its recorded history at 2012: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Suriya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Suriya popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2007 (Suriya as boys' name)
Suriya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (110 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Suriya's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Suriya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
110 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 110 births (46% of all-time use).
Suriya by state
Where Suriya concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 6.7% |
16 of 240 births nationwide.
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What to do with Suriya's data
- Suriya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Suriyas (16 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 Suriya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1994–2024 (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 Suriya 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.