Recorded 1966–2018 Girls' name Peak 2004 504 births

Sandhya — girls' name

504 babies named Sandhya in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s211970s771980s761990s1172000s1482010s65
2000s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Sandhya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

24 babies were named Sandhya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sandhya

The Social Security Administration has registered 504 babies named Sandhya between 1966 and 2018, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sandhya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sandhya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sandhya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sandhya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sandhya 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 504 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.

Sandhya at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

504

Since 1966

53 years of records

Peak year

2004

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1966

Recorded for 53 years

Last year on file: 2018

Sandhya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1966

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2004)
24
Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
0510152025 201820102004199819921986197919721966 5

Sandhya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
148 births that decade — 29% of Sandhya's all-time total
1960s211970s771980s761990s1172000s1482010s65

Sandhya by state

Where Sandhya concentrates geographically — total births since 1966

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sandhya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
42 8.3%
California share of Sandhya's total US births 8.3%

42 of 504 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sandhya?
504 babies have been named Sandhya since 1966. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2004 with 24 births.
When was Sandhya most popular?
Sandhya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 148 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Sandhya most popular?
The top states for the name Sandhya are California (42 births).
How long has the name Sandhya been used?
Sandhya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1966, spanning 53 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Sandhya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sandra, Sandy, Sandi, Saniyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1966–2018 (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.