Girls' name · since 1997
Sukanya
75 babies named Sukanya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sukanya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 75 recorded since 1997.
Sukanya has 75 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2007.
- #30,399 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 75 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sukanya ranks #30,399 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,399 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sukanya's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Sukanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sukanya splits its recorded history at 2004: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sukanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2007
- Peak year (2005)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Sukanya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (46 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Sukanya's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Sukanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 46 births (61% of all-time use).
Sukanya by state
Where Sukanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20 | 26.7% |
20 of 75 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Sukanyas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sukanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~10 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, 1997–2007 (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 Sukanya 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.