Rank 2025
#1,956
among girls · ↓107 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
99
named Priya · -9% vs 2024
How common
1 in 16,235
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2014
211 babies
All-time total
6,562
#2,156 all-time among girls
First recorded
1969
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Priya is most popular
Girls named Priya per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.071 per 1,000.
Strongest in Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Priya born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Priya
Priya is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,956 in 2025 with 99 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1969, 6,562 American babies have been named Priya. Its peak came in 2014, when 211 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Priya stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
