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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pooja

Pooja was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1427th with 117 babies. More babies were named Pooja in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1997117 babies
Total since 1880
1,981babies recorded

Pooja popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#7,14918
2000#2,10078
1990#2,28156
1980#3,95420
1970——
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Pooja, counting every spelling?

Pooja has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pooja?

About 1,900 people born in the US named Pooja are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 25 and 35. That makes Pooja mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pooja by state

How common Pooja was among girls born in each state in 1995–1999, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (7.7×), Pennsylvania (1.6×), Illinois (1.6×), Michigan (1.6×), New York (1.5×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIL0.10Michigan: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMI0.09New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMA0.07Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: 0.46 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.46Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCA0.07Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pooja, girls, 1995–1999. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Pooja

How popular is the name Pooja?

Pooja was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1427th with 117 babies. More babies were named Pooja in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Pooja a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,981 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Pooja most popular?

In 1995–1999, Pooja was most common in New Jersey (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by Pennsylvania and Illinois.