# Priyanka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/priyanka/  
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 | Hindi |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,790 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,790 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 471, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hindi प्रियंका (priyaṅkā).

## 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 | 28 | 5,028 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,273 |
| 2013 | 30 | 4,731 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,390 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,691 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,250 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,234 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,960 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6,642 |
| 2020 | 21 | 5,808 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,936 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,414 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,387 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,421 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,518 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 23 | 1,196 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,718 |
| 2009 | 18 | 1,526 |
| 2010 | 15 | 1,815 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## 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.