How popular is the name Priya?

Priya ranks 1,774th among girls' names in US records, with 6,659 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,400.

Is Priya a unisex name?

No. Priya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 220 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Priyah, Preeya, Preya. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,774 of girl names

Pronounced P R AY1 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Priya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1969. It has been given to 6,659 children — the 1,774th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 23% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2014, when 220 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Priyah, Preeya and Preya — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Priya and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Priya?: Priya ranks 1,774th among girls' names in US records, with 6,659 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,400.
Is Priya a unisex name?: No. Priya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Priya most popular?: 2014, when 220 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Priya spelled?: Priyah, Preeya, Preya. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.