# Shreya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shreya/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,037 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,037 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,181, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रेया (śreyā).

## 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 | 222 | 1,115 |
| 2012 | 177 | 1,331 |
| 2013 | 159 | 1,431 |
| 2014 | 172 | 1,361 |
| 2015 | 168 | 1,398 |
| 2016 | 140 | 1,588 |
| 2017 | 136 | 1,605 |
| 2018 | 105 | 1,911 |
| 2019 | 121 | 1,722 |
| 2020 | 92 | 2,031 |
| 2021 | 83 | 2,248 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2,273 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,491 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,552 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,772 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 480 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 44 | 859 |
| 2015 | 54 | 731 |
| 2016 | 44 | 852 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 41 | 881 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,259 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,169 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Shreya

- Shreya Narayan, actress

## 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.