Girls' name · since 2017
Skadi
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 167 babies named Skadi, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
167 babies have been named Skadi since 2017, making it today's #6312 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Skadi recorded 167 times among girls since 2017, holding rank #6312 nationally today, ahead of 64% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #21,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,312 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 167 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skadi ranks #21,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,312 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 167 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Skadi's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Washington.
How Skadi compares
167 33rd percentile among 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
Skadi's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skadi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 167 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skadi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Skadi's full recorded timeline at 2021, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Skadi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Skadi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (127 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Skadi's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Skadi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 127 births (76% of all-time use).
Skadi by state
Where Skadi concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 167 births nationwide.
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- Washington records the most Skadis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Washington 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 Skadi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
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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, 2017–2025 (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 Skadi 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.