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How popular is the name Sumaya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sumayas are alive today.
Sumaya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1166th in 2025 and given to 28 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 113 babies were given the name, the 388th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak. Sumaya is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sumaiya, Sumaiyah and Sumayya; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sumaya you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Sumayas born in England and Wales are between 12 and 23, and there are at least 4,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Sumaya.
How many babies are named Sumaya each year?
Includes all spellings: Sumaya, Sumaiya, Sumaiyah, Sumayya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sumaya spelling rank?
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Where does the Sumaiyah spelling rank?
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sumaya most popular?
Sumaya peaked in 2007, when 219 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sumaya?
At least 4,300 people named Sumaya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sumaya?
Most living Sumayas are between 12 and 23; the most common age is about 19.
Is Sumaya becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.