Suraiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Suraiya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,224 in 2003, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1224highest 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	#3795
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#1970
2000	#1831
2001	#1870
2002	#2540
2003	#1224
2004	#1952
2005	#3382
2006	#1386
2007	#1296
2008	#1914
2009	#1752
2010	#1653
2011	#1489
2012	#1428
2013	#1707
2014	#1562
2015	#2070
2016	#1834
2017	#1995
2018	#2187
2019	#1634
2020	#2163
2021	#2341
2022	#2058
2023	#3218
2024	#2771

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 #3795 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: #1224 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Suraiya 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 Suraiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	124	10 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	52	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Suraiya 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: #1224 in England and Wales in 2003.

Suraiya'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	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 #1,224, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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 →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 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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Surayya · #3015, 10y

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.

Hanah · #1224, 28y
Ilan · #1224, 28y
Alexei · #1222, 29y
Coralie · #1222, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Giulio · #1224, 23y
Hanah · #1224, 28y
Ilan · #1224, 28y
Madoc · #1224, 21y

Suraiya 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 Suraiya without appearing here.

Suraiya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Karin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1296 and #5201.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3218 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Ellinor Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1386 and #4157.

Moved ahead of Suraiya

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1634 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1562 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #1279.

Moved the opposite way to Suraiya

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Suraiya went from #1970 to #2771 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Suraiya went from #1970 to #2771 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Suraiya went from #1870 to #2771 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Suraiya went from #3795 to #2187 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Suraiya

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Suraiya went from #1831 to #2771 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1224 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Suraiya

Suraiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Suraiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Suraiya at a glance

Suraiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Suraiya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Suraiya and the names beside it

Suraiya moved ahead of

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