Boys' name · since 2022

Skandha

17 babies named Skandha in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,410 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,215 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
17
born since 2022
2020s
peak decade

Skandha currently ranks #8215 among boys' names in America, with 17 babies recorded since 2022.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skandha has been recorded 17 times among boys since 2022, currently ranked #8215 nationally and more common than 41% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.

  • #30,410 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,215 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 17 born since 2022
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skandha ranks #30,410 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,215 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,410 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,215 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
17
born since 2022
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%41%
Skandha vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Skandha's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Skandha compares

17 7th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Skandha's all-time total is 95% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Skandha Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 17 369 358,536
Peak-year births 10 34 22,252

Skandha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Skandha splits its recorded history at 2025: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2022 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Skandha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
10
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
67891011 20222025 10

Skandha by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Skandha's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Skandha births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Skandha?
Since 2022, Social Security records show 17 babies named Skandha. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #30,410 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #8,215 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 10 births.
Where does Skandha sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skandha ranks #30,410 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,215 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Skandha most popular?
Skandha was most popular in the 2020s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Skandha been used?
The SSA has tracked Skandha since 2022 -- 4 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Skandha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Skanda, Skai. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Skandha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2022–2025 (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 Skandha 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.