Ganesa — girls' name
16 babies named Ganesa in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Ganesa was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Ganesa in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ganesa
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Ganesa between 1977 and 2008, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ganesa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ganesa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ganesa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ganesa 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 16 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.
Ganesa at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ganesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1977
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
16 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 6 births in a single year.
Ganesa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Ganesa's all-time total
Ganesa decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ganesa's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1977–2008 (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.