Sumedha
In Buddhist texts, Sumedha is a previous life of Gotama Buddha in which he declares his intention to become a Buddha. Buddhist texts describe that this takes place when Gotama Buddha is still a Buddha-to-be.
Meaning & Origin of Sumedha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In Buddhist texts, Sumedha is a previous life of Gotama Buddha in which he declares his intention to become a Buddha. Buddhist texts describe that this takes place when Gotama Buddha is still a Buddha-to-be.
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The Story of Sumedha
American parents first put Sumedha on the record books as a baby girl name in 1992, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 17 Sumedhas were born — ranking #6,820 that year. About 57% of every Sumedha on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sumedha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 169 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sumedha
Sumedha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 169 births in the dataset. Sumedha's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #6,820. Use the chart and map above to compare Sumedha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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