Suresh — boys' name
140 babies named Suresh in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Suresh was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Suresh in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Suresh
The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Suresh between 1964 and 1998, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Suresh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Suresh performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Suresh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Suresh 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 140 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.
Suresh at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Suresh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1964
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
140 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Suresh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 76 births that decade — 54% of Suresh's all-time total
Suresh decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Suresh's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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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, 1964–1998 (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.