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Sudiksha

Gender
Girl
Say it
soo-DEEK-shah
Origin
Sanskrit

Sudiksha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “good initiation”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Sudiksha mean?

Sanskrit: from Sanskrit su 'good' and diksha 'initiation, consecration'

“good initiation”

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

Sudiksha is a girls' name.

How popular is Sudiksha in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.

Half of all the girls named Sudiksha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

2004Busiest: 12 in 20132023
Sudiksha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20235#15,188
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20165#16,210
20155#16,413
20149#10,949
201312#9,031
20128#12,193
201111#9,719
20107#13,442
20095#17,288
20086#15,399
20079#11,626
200610#10,606
20055#16,455
20048#11,617

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Sudiksha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sudiksha, updated 20 October 2026.