girls:
340 births since 1990
#5376 (6th percentile)
overall:
340 births since 1990
#7399 (4th percentile)
The name Sumayya is the #7,399 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 340 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,376 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 340 births since 1990.
Sumayya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (first recorded for girls in 1990). Birth data for Sumayya is available in 29 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Sumayya reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #920) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 18 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sumayya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #920 (2.9% percentile) with 18 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sumayya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sumayya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.1% confident that Sumayya is pronounced as sue-MAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sue-MAI-yuh, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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