boy's name
Suhail
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 809
Suhail is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2024, when 22 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 331,565 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1975.
Suhail over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 24 |
| 1980s | 29 |
| 1990s | 75 |
| 2000s | 88 |
| 2010s | 118 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 75 |
How popular is Suhail?
In 2025, Suhail was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Suhail is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Suhail is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Suhaïl | Suhaïl is a rare spelling of Suhail, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Suhail
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Suhail also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Suhail over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Suhail
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Suhail — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Suhail
How popular is the name Suhail?
In 2025, Suhail was given to 10 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Suhail a girl's or a boy's name?
Suhail is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Suhail most popular?
Suhail peaked in 2024, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Suhail a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Suhail currently ranks #4,210 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.