Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Skanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195
- 195 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,027 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +47%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,027 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6).
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Skanda’s family of names
In English usage, Skanda has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form स्कंद.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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