girl's name

Sandhya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 530

Sandhya is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 24 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1966.

Sandhya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Sandhya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 21
1970s 77
1980s 76
1990s 117
2000s 148
2010s (to 2018) 65

How popular is Sandhya?

In 2018, Sandhya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Sandhya is used

France #2,992 5 in 1990
England & Wales #6,270 3 in 2009
United States #16,134 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sandhya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sandhya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sandhya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sandhya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sandhya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sandhya

How popular is the name Sandhya?

In 2018, Sandhya was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Sandhya a girl's or a boy's name?

Sandhya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Sandhya most popular?

Sandhya peaked in 2004, when 24 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.