Recorded 1992–2019 Girls' name Peak 2005 169 births

Sumedha — girls' name

169 babies named Sumedha in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s972010s62
2000s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Sumedha was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

17 babies were named Sumedha in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sumedha

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Sumedha between 1992 and 2019, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sumedha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sumedha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sumedha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sumedha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sumedha 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 169 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.

Sumedha at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

169

Since 1992

28 years of records

Peak year

2005

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1992

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sumedha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1992

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2005)
17
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
05101520 2019201320102007200420011992 5

Sumedha by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
97 births that decade — 57% of Sumedha's all-time total
1990s102000s972010s62

Sumedha by state

Where Sumedha concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sumedha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
10 5.9%
California share of Sumedha's total US births 5.9%

10 of 169 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sumedha?
169 babies have been named Sumedha since 1992. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2005 with 17 births.
When was Sumedha most popular?
Sumedha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 97 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Sumedha most popular?
The top states for the name Sumedha are California (10 births).
How long has the name Sumedha been used?
Sumedha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 28 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sumedha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Summer, Sumaya, Sumer, Sumayyah, 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, 1992–2019 (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.