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How popular is the name Suraiya?

Births per year, rank history and how many Suraiyas are alive today.

Suraiya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 22 babies were given the name, the 1428th most popular that year. Suraiya is one spelling of a name also recorded as Seraya; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Suraiya you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Suraiyas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 470 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Suraiya - on average, only one in every 671 such rooms contains a Suraiya.

How many babies are named Suraiya each year?

Includes all spellings: Suraiya, Seraya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

01020200020201996: 31997: 51998: 61999: 82000: 122001: 92002: 62003: 182004: 102005: 102006: 212007: 252008: 162009: 212010: 172011: 262012: 222013: 212014: 222015: 172016: 202017: 192018: 122019: 222020: 122021: 142022: 182023: 152024: 92025: 21actual

Where does the Suraiya spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3,7951997: ranked 2,7381998: ranked 2,4071999: ranked 1,9702000: ranked 1,8312001: ranked 1,8702002: ranked 2,5402003: ranked 1,2242004: ranked 1,9522005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 1,3862007: ranked 1,2962008: ranked 1,9142009: ranked 1,7522010: ranked 1,6532011: ranked 1,4892012: ranked 1,4282013: ranked 1,7072014: ranked 1,5622015: ranked 2,0702016: ranked 1,8342017: ranked 1,9952018: ranked 2,1872019: ranked 1,6342020: ranked 2,1632021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 2,0582023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 2,7722025: ranked 1,892

Where does the Seraya spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020202000: ranked 3,9122005: ranked 3,3822006: ranked 5,0612007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 5,5452009: ranked 3,4222011: ranked 3,5492013: ranked 4,7392014: ranked 5,6912015: ranked 4,7362016: ranked 4,7632017: ranked 4,0632019: ranked 4,6862021: ranked 5,5812022: ranked 3,9712023: ranked 2,9282025: ranked 3,705

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.

Chart: babies named Suraiya per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 26 in 2011
Suraiya: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Suraiya most popular?

Suraiya peaked in 2011, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Suraiya?

At least 470 people named Suraiya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Suraiya?

Most living Suraiyas are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 14.

Is Suraiya becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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