Shreya — #2539 US girls' name
4,975 babies named Shreya in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Shreya was born in this single decade.
314 babies were named Shreya in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shreya
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,975 babies named Shreya between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shreya currently holds the #2539 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 314 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shreya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,380 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shreya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 966 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shreya in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shreya 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 4,975 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.
Shreya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Shreya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2003)
- 314
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #2539 among girls.
4,975 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 314 births in a single year.
Shreya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,380 births that decade — 48% of Shreya's all-time total
Shreya decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,380 births
- Runner-up 1,583 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shreya's strongest decade
2,380 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Shreya by state
Where Shreya concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 966 | 19.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 500 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 390 | 7.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 326 | 6.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 262 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 179 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 163 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 136 | 2.7% |
966 of 4,975 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 10.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shreya appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.