Bindu — girls' name
67 babies named Bindu in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Bindu was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Bindu in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bindu
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Bindu between 1972 and 1983, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bindu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bindu performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bindu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bindu 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 67 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.
Bindu at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bindu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
67 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 11 births in a single year.
Bindu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 40 births that decade — 60% of Bindu's all-time total
Bindu decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Bindu's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–1983 (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.