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Snigdha

Girl · SNIG-dah · Sanskrit

Snigdha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “smooth, tender, affectionate”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Snigdha mean?

Sanskrit: from Sanskrit snigdha

“smooth, tender, affectionate”

Say it
SNIG-dah

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

Snigdha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Snigdha in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Snigdha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.

2025 had more girls named Snigdha than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Snigdha in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 23 in 20102025
Snigdha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20167#12,871
20158#11,830
201410#10,124
201311#9,607
201215#7,800
201115#7,779
201023#5,769
200912#9,375
200812#9,472
200716#7,729
200617#7,140
200518#6,523
200414#7,823
200315#7,202
200211#8,831
200110#9,344
20009#9,867

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