Recorded 2003–2019 Girls' name Peak 2019 11 births

Sulekha — girls' name

11 babies named Sulekha in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s52010s6
2010s
Peak decade

55% of everyone ever named Sulekha was born in this single decade.

2019
Single peak year

6 babies were named Sulekha in 2019 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sulekha

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Sulekha between 2003 and 2019, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sulekha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sulekha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sulekha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sulekha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sulekha 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 11 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.

Sulekha at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

11

Since 2003

17 years of records

Peak year

2019

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2003

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sulekha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2003

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2019)
6
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.5 20192003 5

Sulekha by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
6 births that decade — 55% of Sulekha's all-time total
2000s52010s6

Sulekha by state

Where Sulekha concentrates geographically — total births since 2003

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sulekha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Minnesota
6 54.5%
Minnesota share of Sulekha's total US births 54.5%

6 of 11 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sulekha?
11 babies have been named Sulekha since 2003. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2019 with 6 births.
When was Sulekha most popular?
Sulekha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 6 total births. The single peak year was 2019.
Where is Sulekha most popular?
The top states for the name Sulekha are Minnesota (6 births).
How long has the name Sulekha been used?
Sulekha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 17 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sulekha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Sulema, Sula, Sullivan, Sulma, and 4 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, 2003–2019 (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.