Recorded 2000–2023 Boys' name Peak 2010 113 births

Sankalp — boys' name

113 babies named Sankalp in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s572010s492020s7
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Sankalp was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

13 babies were named Sankalp in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sankalp

The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Sankalp between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sankalp currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sankalp performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sankalp shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sankalp in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sankalp 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 113 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.

Sankalp at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

113

Since 2000

24 years of records

Peak year

2010

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2000

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2023

Sankalp popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2010)
13
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
468101214 202320182013201120092007200420012000 6

Sankalp by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
57 births that decade — 50% of Sankalp's all-time total
2000s572010s492020s7

Sankalp by state

Where Sankalp concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sankalp
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 4.4%
California share of Sankalp's total US births 4.4%

5 of 113 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sankalp?
113 babies have been named Sankalp since 2000. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2010 with 13 births.
When was Sankalp most popular?
Sankalp was most popular in the 2000s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Sankalp most popular?
The top states for the name Sankalp are California (5 births).
How long has the name Sankalp been used?
Sankalp has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 24 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Sankalp?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Santiago, Santos, Sanford, Santino, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2000–2023 (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.