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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 155 babies (rank #303 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. 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.

2,508
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
155
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
1996101#344
1997115#312
1998119#304
1999125#285
2000129#292
2001117#314
2002116#312
2003116#329
2004113#345
2005127#324
2006138#321
2007125#351
2008117#379
2009106#402
201095#449
2011110#409
2012128#373
2013137#337
2014155#303
2015120#381
201699#446