Sumaya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sumaya: Recorded since 1992, it reached #291 in 2009, and it stood at #408 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#291highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1126
1998	#1076
1999	#985
2000	#670
2001	#523
2002	#490
2003	#468
2004	#428
2005	#405
2006	#394
2007	#385
2008	#388
2009	#483
2010	#526
2011	#509
2012	#546
2013	#554
2014	#486
2015	#674
2016	#676
2017	#785
2018	#864
2019	#749
2020	#853
2021	#1069
2022	#876
2023	#1008
2024	#1160

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 28 of the 33 years from 1992 to 2024.

In 2024: #408 among girls in Norway, #1160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #678 among girls in Norway in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1992–2024
Highest recorded position: #291 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1992–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sumaya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,722 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1992.

Sumaya across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sumaya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#678 (1992)	#291 (2009)	#408 (2024)	28 of 33	281 (1992–2024)	18 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#385 (2007)	#1160 (2024)	29 of 29	1,722 (1996–2024)	113 (2008)

Sumaya 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 Sumaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	69	4 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	813	10 of 10	81
2010s	663	10 of 10	66
2020s	177	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 81 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 29, from 113 to 84.

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

Sumaya appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Norway in 2009.

Sumaya'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	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1008	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#876	40	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1069	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#853	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#749	51	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#864	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#785	50	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#676	62	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#674	60	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#486	87	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#554	74	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#546	77	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#509	83	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#526	76	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#483	84	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#388	113	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#385	109	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#394	107	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#405	93	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#428	84	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#468	71	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#490	62	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#523	54	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#670	36	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#408	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#427	7	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#366	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#496	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#366	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#382	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#297	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#333	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#367	12	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#301	16	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#366	12	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#477	7	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#303	17	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#314	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#291	18	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#409	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#503	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#337	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#392	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#583	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#427	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#535	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#388	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#678	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #291, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 113 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Sumaiya · #604, 29y
Sumaiyah · #712, 28y
Sumayah · #1031, 29y
Sumayya · #821, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Arvin · #291, 30y
Anais · #292, 30y
Nolan · #290, 27y
Shawn · #290, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arvin · #291, 30y
Bobbi · #291, 30y
Katelin · #291, 22y
Kuba · #291, 22y

Sumaya was ranked #291 in Norway · Girls in 2009. 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.

Sumaya 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 Sumaya without appearing here.

Sumaya moved ahead of

Janice Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1434 and #1364 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1126 and #2738.
Paula Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1069 and #957 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #876 and #1685.
Helene Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1434 and #1168 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1126 and #1802.
Jenna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1069 and #1039 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #876 and #1452.

Moved ahead of Sumaya

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #749 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #853 and #460.
Ida Compare
In 2014 they stood at #486 and #516 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #674 and #361.
Blake Compare
In 2016 they stood at #676 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #785 and #499.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #509 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #546 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Sumaya

Christine Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Sumaya went from #678 to #366 while Christine went from #51 to #408.
Grete Compare
Between 1992 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Sumaya went from #678 to #366 while Grete went from #299 to #484.
Cathrine Compare
Between 1992 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Sumaya went from #678 to #366 while Cathrine went from #53 to #478.
Jennifer Compare
Between 1992 and 2020 in Norway · Girls, Sumaya went from #678 to #366 while Jennifer went from #290 to #493.

Moved the same way as Sumaya

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaya went from #670 to #1160 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumaya went from #490 to #1160 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #291 in Norway in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sumaya

Sumaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sumaya across 2 official records

Sumaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sumaya across 2 official records

Sumaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sumaya

Sumaya and the names beside it

Sumaya moved ahead of

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