Sukanya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sukanya

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Sukanya between 1997 and 2007, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sukanya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sukanya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sukanya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sukanya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sukanya 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 75 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.