Girls' name · since 1980
Shreya
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 5,037 babies named Shreya, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,761 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,037
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shreya currently ranks #2761 among girls' names in America, with 5,037 babies recorded since 1980.
Shreya has 5,037 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2761 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #2,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,761 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,037 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shreya ranks #2,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,761 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,037 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,761 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,037
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shreya's 5,037 recorded births place it above 96.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Shreya compares
5,037 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shreya's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shreya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,037 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 314 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shreya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shreya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 314 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shreya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 314
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Shreya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,380 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Shreya's strongest decade.
2,380 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Shreya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s 555
1990s
555 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,380 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,583 births
- 2020s 462
2020s
462 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,380 births (47% of all-time use).
How Shreya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shreya's total volume
Shreya by state
Where Shreya concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 975 | 19.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 500 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 402 | 8.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 326 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 262 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 179 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 163 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 136 | 2.7% |
975 of 5,037 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Shreya appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shreya's data
- Shreya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (2,380 total births); usage has since declined to 462 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shreyas (975 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shreya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shreya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.