Sumaiyah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sumaiyah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sumaiyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #712 in 2000, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#712highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1176
1998	#846
1999	#864
2000	#712
2001	#796
2002	#842
2003	#855
2004	#948
2005	#1012
2006	#1052
2007	#1050
2008	#995
2009	#1022
2010	#1180
2011	#1117
2012	#1253
2013	#865
2014	#1234
2015	#1601
2016	#1472
2017	#1628
2018	#1887
2019	#2286
2020	#3899
2021	#1962
2022	#1948
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #712 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sumaiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sumaiyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	82	4 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	289	10 of 10	29
2010s	239	10 of 10	24
2020s	45	4 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sumaiyah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #712 in England and Wales in 2000.

Sumaiyah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1628	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1472	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#865	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1253	26	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#995	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1050	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#948	27	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#855	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#796	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#712	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#864	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#846	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #712, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
43births registered in its largest year, 201325 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sumaya · #291, 30y
Sumayah · #1031, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aaliya · #712, 29y
Abdur · #712, 29y
Hibah · #712, 29y
Rayhaan · #711, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aaliya · #712, 29y
Abdur · #712, 29y
Anoushka · #712, 29y
Hibah · #712, 29y

Sumaiyah was ranked #712 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sumaiyah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sumaiyah without appearing here.

Sumaiyah moved ahead of

Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Carmel Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #4634.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Sumaiyah

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2843.
Mathilde Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1887 and #2187 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #1497.

Moved the opposite way to Sumaiyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sumaiyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaiyah went from #1222 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #712 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sumaiyah

Sumaiyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sumaiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sumaiyah appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sumaiyah at a glance

Sumaiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sumaiyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sumaiyah

Sumaiyah and the names beside it

Sumaiyah moved ahead of

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