girl's name

Sumayah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,172

Sumayah is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 80 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1983.

Sumayah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s 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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Births named Sumayah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 26
2000s 283
2010s 155
2020s (to 2025) 93

How popular is Sumayah?

In 2025, Sumayah was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Sumayah is used

England & Wales #1,832 16 in 2025
Canada #2,743 7 in 2023
France as Sûmayah #4,936 10 in 2025
United States #5,585 22 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Sumayah is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Sûmayah Sûmayah is a rare spelling of Sumayah, written with a circumflex and recorded about 20 times, mostly in France. 20

Names that peaked alongside Sumayah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sumayah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sumayah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sumayah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sumayah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sumayah

How popular is the name Sumayah?

In 2025, Sumayah was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Sumayah a girl's or a boy's name?

Sumayah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sumayah most popular?

Sumayah peaked in 2006, when 80 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Sumayah a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sumayah currently ranks #1,832 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.