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.
50% of everyone ever named Sankalp was born in this single decade.
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 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sankalp popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000
- Peak year (2010)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
113 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 13 births in a single year.
Sankalp by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 57 births that decade — 50% of Sankalp's all-time total
Sankalp decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sankalp's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Sankalp by state
Where Sankalp concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.4% |
5 of 113 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 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.