Given name
Sushmita
“having a beautiful smile”
Sushmita is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “having a beautiful smile.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having a beautiful smile.”
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 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sushmita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 9 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 477 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.
Sushmita’s family of names
In English usage, Sushmita has a related form in SUSMITA. Sushmita has a related form in Sushmeata. Sushmita has a related form in Sushmeeta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sushmita
- Sushmita SenIndian actress (1975-present)
- Sushmita Banerjeewriter, memoirist, women's rights activist1964–2013
- Sushmita MukherjeeIndian actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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