Recorded 2003–2013 Girls' name Peak 2008 65 births

Sahmya — girls' name

65 babies named Sahmya in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s422010s23
2000s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Sahmya was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

13 babies were named Sahmya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sahmya

The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Sahmya between 2003 and 2013, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sahmya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahmya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sahmya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sahmya 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 65 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.

Sahmya at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

65

Since 2003

11 years of records

Peak year

2008

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

2003

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2013

Sahmya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2003

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
468101214 201320122011201020092008200720052003 5

Sahmya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
42 births that decade — 65% of Sahmya's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sahmya?
65 babies have been named Sahmya since 2003. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2008 with 13 births.
When was Sahmya most popular?
Sahmya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Sahmya been used?
Sahmya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 11 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Sahmya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sahara, Sahana, Sahar, Sahasra, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2003–2013 (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.