Given name
Sushma
“a beautiful woman”
Sushma is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sushma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,521 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sushma
- Sushma SwarajIndian politician1952–2019
- Sushma SethIndian actressborn 1936
- PoornimaIndian singerborn 1960
- Sushma VermaIndian woman cricketerborn 1992
- Sushma KarkiNepalese actressborn 1986
- Sushma SinghIndian politicianborn 1949
- Sushma PatelIndian politician
- Sushma K. Raoactress
- Sushma RanaIndian sport shooterborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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