Sumayah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sumayah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,031 in 2006, and it stood at #1,491 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1031highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2738
1998	#1823
1999	#2444
2000	#1389
2001	#1870
2002	#1032
2003	#1176
2004	#1715
2005	#1243
2006	#1031
2007	#1102
2008	#1206
2009	#1467
2010	#1218
2011	#1608
2012	#1210
2013	#1864
2014	#1798
2015	#1452
2016	#1327
2017	#1411
2018	#1393
2019	#1389
2020	#2163
2021	#2711
2022	#1501
2023	#1410
2024	#1491

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 England and Wales in every year 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 #2683 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: #1031 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sumayah 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 Sumayah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	189	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	217	10 of 10	22
2020s	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Sumayah 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: #1031 in England and Wales in 2006.

Sumayah'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	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1176	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,031, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,491position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 200625 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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Sumayya · #821, 29y
Sumayyah · #398, 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.

Ariane · #1031, 28y
Atiya · #1032, 27y
Amaar · #1029, 28y
Meir · #1029, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ariane · #1031, 28y
Atiya · #1032, 27y
Amaar · #1029, 28y
Meir · #1029, 28y

Sumayah 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 Sumayah without appearing here.

Sumayah moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.
Sinead Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #2499 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1501 and #3533.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3247.
Freddie Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2738 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3247.

Moved ahead of Sumayah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1389 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1389 and #1063.
Harper Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1206 and #1391 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1467 and #1171.

Moved the opposite way to Sumayah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Sumayah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayah went from #2683 to #1491 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1031 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sumayah

Sumayah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sumayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sumayah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sumayah and the names beside it

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Sumayah at a glance

Sumayah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sumayah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sumayah and the names beside it

Sumayah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sumayah

Moved the opposite way to Sumayah

Moved the same way as Sumayah