Suraya
Suraya was the 4345th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3905th with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 136 places. More babies were named Suraya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,345 girls, up 6 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 33girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202339 babies
- Total since 1880
- 745babies recorded
Suraya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,345 | 33 |
| 2020 | #4,351 | 32 |
| 2010 | #5,093 | 28 |
| 2000 | #7,123 | 15 |
| 1990 | #11,253 | 7 |
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How popular is Suraya, counting every spelling?
Suraya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 44 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 44 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suraya | 33 | #4,345 | 165 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Suraya?
33 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Suraya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Suraya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 253 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Suraya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Suraya?
About 700 people born in the US named Suraya are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 20. That makes Suraya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Suraya by state
How common Suraya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Suraya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Suraya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Suraya
How popular is the name Suraya?
Suraya was the 4345th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 33 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 3905th with 39 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 136 places. More babies were named Suraya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Suraya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Suraya in the US.
Where is Suraya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Suraya was most common in Minnesota (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and New York.