# Priya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/priya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,562 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,562 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,993, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā). Doublet of Frigg (and variants).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,496 |
| 2012 | 181 | 1,306 |
| 2013 | 205 | 1,177 |
| 2014 | 211 | 1,169 |
| 2015 | 171 | 1,384 |
| 2016 | 165 | 1,410 |
| 2017 | 141 | 1,560 |
| 2018 | 130 | 1,638 |
| 2019 | 131 | 1,626 |
| 2020 | 124 | 1,665 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,717 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,705 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,680 |
| 2024 | 109 | 1,849 |
| 2025 | 99 | 1,956 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 110 | 409 |
| 2012 | 128 | 372 |
| 2013 | 137 | 336 |
| 2014 | 155 | 301 |
| 2015 | 120 | 377 |
| 2016 | 99 | 444 |
| 2017 | 97 | 453 |
| 2018 | 84 | 507 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 53 | 700 |
| 2021 | 48 | 767 |
| 2022 | 58 | 647 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## People named Priya

- Priya Cooper, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Priya Lal, British actress
- Priya Basil, British author

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.