Alekhya — girls' name
151 babies named Alekhya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
151 girls have been named Alekhya since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 151
- total births
- 1999–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Alekhya was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Alekhya in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alekhya
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Alekhya between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alekhya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alekhya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alekhya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alekhya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alekhya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 151 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alekhya at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alekhya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999
- Peak year (2003)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
151 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 14 births in a single year.
Alekhya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 88 births that decade — 58% of Alekhya's all-time total
Alekhya decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alekhya's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Alekhya by state
Where Alekhya concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.6% |
10 of 151 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.