Suriya — #12630 US girls' name
240 babies named Suriya in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Suriya was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Suriya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suriya
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Suriya between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Suriya currently holds the #12630 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suriya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Suriya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Suriya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suriya 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 240 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.
Suriya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suriya popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2008)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #12630 among girls.
240 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 28 births in a single year.
Suriya popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2007 (Suriya as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Suriya accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Suriya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 110 births that decade — 46% of Suriya's all-time total
Suriya decade highlights
- Peak decade 110 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Suriya's strongest decade
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 6.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1994–2024 (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.