Girls' name · since 1968
Sujata
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 123 babies named Sujata, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sujata is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 123 have been recorded since 1968.
Sujata has 123 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1987.
- #24,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 123 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sujata ranks #24,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 123 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Sujata's 123 recorded births place it above 65.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sujata's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sujata's full recorded timeline at 1977, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sujata popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1987
- Peak year (1973)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Sujata by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (85 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Sujata's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Sujata births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s
1970s
85 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 85 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Sujata's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 1980s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sujata: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
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, 1968–1987 (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 Sujata 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.