Surah
- #4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 278since 2007
Surah over time
Rank among girls' names. Surah has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Surah! It came in at #15,491, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2007–2011, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Surah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#1,108 · 1 in 6,670
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #725 in Pennsylvania, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Surah
- 1,092 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #4,758)
- Debuted 2007
- Peaked 2018 at #4,662 (29 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 56,556 girls born in 2022 were named Surah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #4,662 in 2018, was only 1 in 58,658 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 48.6% of all girls named Surah (135) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18 | #15,242 (2009) | #15,379 |
| 2010s | 125 | #4,662 (2018) | #10,731 |
| 2020s | 135 | #4,671 (2022) | #5,673 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Surah ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: