Recorded 2001–2019 Girls' name Peak 2006 132 births

Sreeja — girls' name

132 babies named Sreeja in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s792010s53
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Sreeja was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

17 babies were named Sreeja in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sreeja

The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Sreeja between 2001 and 2019, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sreeja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sreeja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sreeja shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sreeja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sreeja 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 132 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.

Sreeja at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

132

Since 2001

19 years of records

Peak year

2006

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2001

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sreeja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2001

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2006)
17
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
05101520 20192016201420112009200720052001 7

Sreeja by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
79 births that decade — 60% of Sreeja's all-time total
2000s792010s53

Sreeja by state

Where Sreeja concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sreeja
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
5 3.8%
New Jersey share of Sreeja's total US births 3.8%

5 of 132 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sreeja?
132 babies have been named Sreeja since 2001. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2006 with 17 births.
When was Sreeja most popular?
Sreeja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 79 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Sreeja most popular?
The top states for the name Sreeja are New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Sreeja been used?
Sreeja has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 19 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sreeja?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sreya, Sreshta, Sreenidhi, Sreenika, and 2 more. 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, 2001–2019 (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.