Girls' name · since 1982
Shweta
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 197 babies named Shweta, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
197 girls have been named Shweta since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shweta has 197 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1982 to 2013.
- #19,994 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 197 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shweta ranks #19,994 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 197 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,994 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 197
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shweta's 197 recorded births place it above 72.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shweta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shweta's full recorded timeline at 1998, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shweta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2013
- Peak year (1997)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shweta by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Shweta's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shweta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Shweta's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Shweta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1982–2013 (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 Shweta 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.