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Sumaiya

Girl

Meaning of Sumaiya: Arabic: 'high or exalted'

Sumaiya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 6697th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1819th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#6697

16 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1819

16 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

588

First recorded 1991 · peak 2007

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 5 babies1992: 6 babies1993: 6 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 6 babies1996: 16 babies1997: 7 babies1998: 14 babies1999: 9 babies2000: 14 babies20002001: 21 babies2002: 25 babies2003: 26 babies2004: 27 babies2005: 22 babies2006: 24 babies2007: 30 babies2008: 15 babies2009: 18 babies2010: 21 babies20102011: 23 babies2012: 20 babies2013: 24 babies2014: 28 babies2015: 25 babies2016: 14 babies2017: 15 babies2018: 14 babies2019: 18 babies2020: 12 babies20202021: 18 babies2022: 8 babies2023: 15 babies2024: 26 babies2025: 16 babies
US babies named Sumaiya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 30.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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