Sneh

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Transliteration of स

Sneh has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 1995. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% boys, 12% girls all-time.

Babies named Sneh, 2020

1 in 668,000

Sneh over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Sneh over time

In 2020, Sneh went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19952020

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Sneh: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of स

Sanskrit

What Sneh means

Sneh is a transliteration of स.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Transliteration of Hindi स्नेह (sneh), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Sneh (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Sneh is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include स.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Sneh between 1995 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1999; its best national rank was #7,765 in 1999.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Sneh between 1998 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1998; its best national rank was #16,261 in 1998.

How common is Sneh?

Sneh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sneh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sneh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Snehs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sneh was born before 1999 — so the typical Sneh is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 36; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (18).

Is Sneh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (8)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #7,765; 1999

Spellings of Sneh

Sneh is not the most common spelling — Seth is, with 78.8% against Sneh's 0.02%.

Seth78.8%165,793
Ned8.2%17,292
Shea4.1%8,537
Syed2.9%6,032
Neo1.5%3,117
Sven1.2%2,517
Ansh1.1%2,244
Saleh0.85%1,777

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sneh around the world

Where Sneh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#3,830
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Sneh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,765; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 8 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 36
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #16,261; 1998
Peak year: 1998; 5 that year
First recorded: 1998
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sneh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sneyder Snehal Sneed Sneider Sneijder

Sibling names for Sneh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Caleigh Chyna Kaylah Calista Destini Carson Kayley

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Devyn Garrison Tyrese Josef

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