Sumaiya
Sumaiya is a name with a single cultural origin: Bengali.
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Sumaiya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sumaiya is a name with a single cultural origin: Bengali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bengali
The Story of Sumaiya
The earliest SSA record of Sumaiya as a baby girl name dates back to 1991, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 30 newborns named Sumaiya — #4,808 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Sumaiya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sumaiya ranks #5,341 for baby girls with 24 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). All told, over 619 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sumaiya
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About the name Sumaiya
Sumaiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 619 births in the dataset. Sumaiya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #4,766. Use the chart and map above to compare Sumaiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.