Sudha

Girls' name

From Sanskrit सुधा; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sudha has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1966. 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 1966, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Sudha, 1980

1 in 689,000

Sudha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sudha: meaning, origin, and history

From Sanskrit सुधा; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Sudha means

Sudha is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sudha is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Sudha comes through Sanskrit सुधा.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Sudha between 1966 and 1980. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1966; its best national rank was #7,475 in 1966.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sudha?

Sudha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1980, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1980: 1 in 689,000; 5 of 3,444,198 births
Among girls only: 1 in 332,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1980: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 477,468 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sudha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1980 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 477,468 children born in 1980 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sudha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sudhas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sudha was born before 1979 — so the typical Sudha is around 46 today.

Median birth year: 1979; About 46 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Sudha 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 1966 (5)
Years since peak: 59; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,475; 1966

Spellings of Sudha

Sudha is not the most common spelling — Sasha is, with 44.0% against Sudha's 0.02%.

Sasha44.0%38,492
Audra29.2%25,590
Sudie4.6%4,024
Rutha3.2%2,799
Huda2.3%2,021
Sacha2.2%1,912
Sidra2.2%1,883
Sneha1.6%1,439

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.

Sudha by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,475; 1966
Peak year: 1966; 5 that year
First recorded: 1966
Last recorded: 1980
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sudha

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

Ridha Vrindha Tridha Sude Suddie Mugdha Sridha Jadha Swadha Kridha Suda Vedha Hridha Shreedha Sudeeksha Vasudha Nivedha Shradha Medha Radha Sudiksha Snigdha Akshadha Srimedha

Sibling names for Sudha

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

Rona Dawna Rosita Collette Barbra Kandy Cami Missy

For a brother

Deron Tad Darron Theron Daron Thad Kip Tracey

Explore around Sudha

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