Recorded 1995–2017 Unisex name Peak 2004 40 births

Sathya — boys' name

40 babies named Sathya in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s302010s5
2000s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Sathya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

7 babies were named Sathya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sathya

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Sathya between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sathya currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sathya is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2011.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sathya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sathya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sathya 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 40 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.

Sathya at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

40

Since 1995

23 years of records

Peak year

2004

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1995

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2017

Sathya popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2004)
7
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2017200520042003200120001995 5

Sathya popularity over time — girls

6 total births recorded since 2011 (Sathya as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 6 births
6 2011 6

Sathya by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
30 births that decade — 75% of Sathya's all-time total
1990s52000s302010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sathya?
40 babies have been named Sathya since 1995. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2004 with 7 births.
When was Sathya most popular?
Sathya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Is Sathya a unisex name?
Yes, Sathya is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 40 births, and as a girl's name it has 6 births.
How long has the name Sathya been used?
Sathya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 23 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Sathya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saturnino, Sathvik, Satchel, Satvik, 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, 1995–2017 (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.