Snehal — boys' name
49 babies named Snehal in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Snehal was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Snehal in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Snehal
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Snehal between 1975 and 2003, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Snehal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Snehal is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Snehal performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Snehal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Snehal 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 49 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.
Snehal at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Snehal popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1975
- Peak year (1975)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
49 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 12 births in a single year.
Snehal popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 2003 (Snehal as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Snehal accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Snehal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 31 births that decade — 63% of Snehal's all-time total
Snehal decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Snehal's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2003 (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.