Sumayya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sumayya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #821 in 2004, and it stood at #1,128 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#821highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1364
1997	#1802
1998	#1697
1999	#1317
2000	#1095
2001	#1107
2002	#1192
2003	#1129
2004	#821
2005	#1121
2006	#1052
2007	#1196
2008	#1447
2009	#1668
2010	#1389
2011	#1327
2012	#1583
2013	#1587
2014	#1234
2015	#942
2016	#1370
2017	#1568
2018	#1343
2019	#1389
2020	#1939
2021	#2201
2022	#1621
2023	#2504
2024	#1128

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

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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 #1364 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: #821 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1128 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sumayya 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 Sumayya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	46	4 of 10	12
2000s	212	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	238	10 of 10	24
2020s	84	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Sumayya 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: #821 in England and Wales in 2004.

Sumayya'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	#1128	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1621	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#821	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	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 #821, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

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 →
#1,128position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
38births registered in its largest year, 201525 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.

Sumaya · #291, 30y
Sumayah · #1031, 29y
Sumayyah · #398, 29y
Summaya · #1653, 22y

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.

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Missy · #821, 26y
Samiyah · #822, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Jasleen · #821, 29y
Missy · #821, 26y

Sumayya was ranked #821 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Sumayya 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 Sumayya without appearing here.

Sumayya moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1128 and #4192.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1128 and #3695.
Janet Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1128 and #3318.
Tayla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1128 and #3318.

Moved ahead of Sumayya

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1939 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #1286.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #942 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1370 and #768.
Frida Compare
In 2015 they stood at #942 and #965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1370 and #955.
Riley Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1107 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1192 and #822.

Moved the same way as Sumayya

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayya went from #1364 to #2504 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayya went from #1364 to #2504 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayya went from #1364 to #2504 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Sumayya went from #1364 to #2201 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #821 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sumayya

Sumayya at a glance

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Popularity journey

Sumayya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sumayya at a glance

Sumayya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sumayya moved ahead of

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