Recorded 1996–2021 Girls' name Peak 2010 220 births

Smriti — girls' name

220 babies named Smriti in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s962010s1132020s6
2010s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Smriti was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

18 babies were named Smriti in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Smriti

The Social Security Administration has registered 220 babies named Smriti between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Smriti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Smriti performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Smriti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Smriti in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Smriti 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 220 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.

Smriti at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

220

Since 1996

26 years of records

Peak year

2010

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1996

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2021

Smriti popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1996

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2010)
18
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
05101520 20212016201320102007200420001996 5

Smriti by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
113 births that decade — 51% of Smriti's all-time total
1990s52000s962010s1132020s6

Smriti by state

Where Smriti concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Smriti
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
11 5.0%
California share of Smriti's total US births 5.0%

11 of 220 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Smriti?
220 babies have been named Smriti since 1996. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2010 with 18 births.
When was Smriti most popular?
Smriti was most popular in the 2010s decade with 113 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Smriti most popular?
The top states for the name Smriti are California (11 births).
How long has the name Smriti been used?
Smriti has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 26 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Smriti?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Smrithi. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1996–2021 (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.