Priya

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Priya or Pria is a common given name in India which is also used in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand. It is cognate to the name of the Germanic goddess Frigg; both descend from the Proto-Indo-European stem *priH-o-, meaning "beloved".

From Wikipedia

Priya first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 68 babies (rank #388 that year). In 2024 it was given to 11 girls (rank #2,071). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Priya

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Priya yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,404
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
68
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199138#621
199238#622
199349#523
199428#704
199540#596
199635#657
199756#458
199850#493
199950#499
200068#388
200160#439
200252#476
200351#498
200453#491
200551#532
200652#539
200755#531
200848#608
200941#697
201042#676
201152#566
201260#505
201359#515
201445#661
201534#805
201642#703
201727#977
201825#1,042
201923#1,128
202014#1,630
202119#1,319
202221#1,190
202315#1,565
202411#2,071