Sneha — #11302 US girls' name
1,434 babies named Sneha in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Sneha was born in this single decade.
94 babies were named Sneha in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sneha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,434 babies named Sneha between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sneha currently holds the #11302 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 94 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sneha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 679 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sneha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sneha in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sneha 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 1,434 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.
Sneha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sneha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2002)
- 94
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #11302 among girls.
1,434 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 94 births in a single year.
Sneha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 679 births that decade — 47% of Sneha's all-time total
Sneha decade highlights
- Peak decade 679 births
- Runner-up 338 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sneha's strongest decade
679 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Sneha by state
Where Sneha concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 135 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 100 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 66 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 44 | 3.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 43 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Florida | | 14 | 1.0% |
135 of 1,434 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sneha appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1975–2024 (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.