Sindhu — girls' name
189 babies named Sindhu in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
189 girls have been named Sindhu since 1981, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2010.
- 189
- total births
- 1981–2010
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Sindhu was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Sindhu in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sindhu
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Sindhu between 1981 and 2010, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sindhu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sindhu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sindhu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sindhu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sindhu 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 189 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.
Sindhu at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sindhu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1981
- Peak year (2006)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
189 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 18 births in a single year.
Sindhu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 120 births that decade — 63% of Sindhu's all-time total
Sindhu decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sindhu's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Sindhu by state
Where Sindhu concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 5.3% |
10 of 189 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.3% 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, 1981–2010 (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.