Swetha — girls' name
311 babies named Swetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Swetha was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Swetha in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Swetha
The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Swetha between 1988 and 2013, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Swetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Swetha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Swetha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Swetha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Swetha 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 311 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.
Swetha at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Swetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1988
- Peak year (2003)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
311 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 32 births in a single year.
Swetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 174 births that decade — 56% of Swetha's all-time total
Swetha decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Swetha's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Swetha by state
Where Swetha concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 4.8% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
15 of 311 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–2013 (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.