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Sury

Feminine · “princess”

1991high 2022
#2214 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare83 girls in 2025

Sury is a Yiddish affectionate form of Sarah — princess, in Hebrew — and Genesis has God rename her mid-sentence.

How old is the name Sury?

Sury first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Sury is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Sury are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Sury most popular?

Sury peaked in 2024, reaching #1852 nationally. Today it ranks #2214, 362 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Sury

God renames both Abram and Sarai in one passage, adding a letter to each — the promise of nations attached to a change of name. Yiddish produced Sury and Suri as everyday forms, current in Orthodox communities. Sury appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

princess, noblewoman

From the Hebrew sarah, 'princess' or 'noblewoman', through the Yiddish Sury or Suri. Genesis 17 has God change Sarai to Sarah in the same passage that renames Abram. The Hebrew is transparent and the reading undisputed.

How the name formed

  1. sarah
  2. Sarah
  3. Sury

Related forms: סורי · Suri · שרה

Pronouncing Sury

SUR-ee

Two syllables, stress on the first. Sury and Suri are homophones.

Nicknames for Sury

Moderate

SarahThe parent form, available as a fuller and more formal version
SuriThe commoner spelling of the same affectionate form
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1991–20251095501098319912025

US babies named Sury per year from 1991 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#18521990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1991
Most girls named
2022109 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1852reached in 2024
Change vs 2024
−23.1%83 in 2025, from 108
Sury sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2022, with 109 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Sury in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • סורי in Yiddish — transliteration
  • Suri in English — spelling variant
  • שרה in Hebrew — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.

Surys among us

1,500

people named Sury are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 19,365 born in 2025 was named Sury

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Sury

#2214
Sury on the 2025 chart
#777
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sury went to 83 girls in 2025, but Suri is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 183, which makes it the 777th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,437 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 8,783 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,365 for Sury itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Pati test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sury's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Pati climbed just as high around 1959, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Pati's path sketches the road Sury is walking now.

40%chance Sury will feel “very 2020s” by 2040
Sury, aligned on its peakPati· peak 1959not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+30 yrsPati · #12362Sury today
Sury today is about where Pati stood in 1960 — 1 year past a #1852-sized peak. By 1975, Pati had settled around #8292.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Sury sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Sury is headed

19912030

US babies named Sury per year, 1991 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Sury should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+10% by 2030projected around #2,179 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Sury beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Sury in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Surythis name83#2214Hania83#2214Perry83#2214Bea83#2214Lyana83#2214

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That God renames Sarah in the same passage as Abraham is a first-rate detail.
  • The princess meaning is transparent and undisputed.
  • Sarah is available as a full formal version.
What to consider
  • It reads as specifically Orthodox Jewish.
  • Suri is the commoner spelling.
  • The -y ending reads as a diminutive.

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Frequently asked

How many Surys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Sury are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Sury?
Sury is one of 2 recorded spellings. Suri is the more common one — 100 births in 2025 against 83 for Sury.
How popular is the name Sury in 2025?
Sury ranks #2214 among US girl names in 2025, with 83 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Sury?
About 1 in every 19,365 US girls born in 2025 was named Sury — 83 in all.
Will my child share the name Sury with classmates?
Sury will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Sury

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Hania#2214 · Perry#2214 · Bea#2214 · Lyana#2214 · Mahira#2214 · Lanie#2214 · Alorah#2214 · Nava#2214

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