Sumaya
Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Sumaya was most popular in 2016, when 109 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,349 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,257, with 76 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,142 people named Sumaya.
Sumaya over time
How old is the name Sumaya?
Sumaya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 57 years since.
How many people are named Sumaya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,142 American births named Sumaya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,124 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Sumaya in 2025?
76 American babies were named Sumaya in 2025, ranking #4,257 that year.
Is Sumaya getting more or less popular?
Sumaya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 68 births a year, against 93 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Sumaya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Sumaya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,142 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Sumaya?
Roughly 2,124 Americans named Sumaya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 20. That is a narrow band because Sumaya is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Sumaya is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org