Girls' name · since 2000
Diksha
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 65 babies named Diksha, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Diksha since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diksha has been recorded 65 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2018.
- #31,924 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Diksha ranks #31,924 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,924 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Diksha's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Diksha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Diksha's full recorded timeline at 2012, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Diksha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2018
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Diksha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (41 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Diksha's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Diksha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Diksha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Diksha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.