Priya
Priya was the 1956th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1107th; the most babies were born in 2014 (211). Over the last ten years it has moved down 572 places. More babies were named Priya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,956 girls, down 291 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 99girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2014211 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,562babies recorded
Priya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,956 | 99 |
| 2020 | #1,665 | 124 |
| 2010 | #1,399 | 165 |
| 2000 | #1,202 | 166 |
| 1990 | #1,582 | 96 |
| 1980 | #2,116 | 49 |
| 1970 | #4,189 | 14 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Priya, counting every spelling?
Priya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 99 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 99 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priya | 99 | #1,956 | 576 |
| Priyah | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Priya?
99 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Priya (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Priya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 85 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Priya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Priya?
About 6,500 people born in the US named Priya are alive today, with a median age of 22; half are between 12 and 32. That makes Priya mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Priya by state
How common Priya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Priya
How popular is the name Priya?
Priya was the 1956th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 99 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1107th; the most babies were born in 2014 (211). Over the last ten years it has moved down 572 places. More babies were named Priya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Priya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Priya in the US.
Where is Priya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Priya was most common in Maryland (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Pennsylvania.