Sujata

Girls' name

Well-born

Sujata has been given to 123 babies in the U.S. since 1968. 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 1973, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Sujata, 1987

1 in 721,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sujata: meaning, origin, and history

Well-born

Sanskrit

What Sujata means

Sujata means “well-born”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sujata is used in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia and Buddhism.

Origin, language, and formation

Sujata is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Sujata comes through Hindi सुजाता.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include स.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Sujata between 1968 and 1987. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1973; its best national rank was #4,824 in 1973.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sujata?

Sujata had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1987, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1987: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,605,072 births
Among girls only: 1 in 348,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1987: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,770 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sujata 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 1987 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 499,770 children born in 1987 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sujata. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sujatas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sujata was born before 1977 — so the typical Sujata is around 48 today.

Median birth year: 1977; About 48 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 69.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 123; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 69.1% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Sujata 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 1973 (12)
Years since peak: 52; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,824; 1973

Spellings of Sujata

Sujata is not the most common spelling — Susana is, with 79.0% against Sujata's 0.46%.

Susana79.0%20,999
Sumaya8.1%2,142
Suzana4.6%1,224
Suraya2.8%745
Suhana2.8%735
Sunita2.3%609
Sujata0.46%123

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.

Sujata 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: #4,824; 1973
Peak year: 1973; 12 that year
First recorded: 1968
Last recorded: 1987
All-time count: 123
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sujata

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

Ramata Efrata Ephrata Riata Reata Sujey Hinata Isata Ranata Fatmata Assata Zlata Sujeily Sujood Salimata Agata Sonata Sujin Fatumata Kimyata Akshata Aissata Namrata Miata

Sibling names for Sujata

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

Melonie Carmelita Nicola Latonia Kesha Jenni Latricia Nicki

For a brother

Demond Erin Giuseppe Abdul Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo

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