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Priya

Rank in 2024
#1,847
Born in 2024
108
Peak year
2014 · #1165
Origin
India

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 108 girls were named Priya, about 1 in every 14,937.
  • It peaked in 2014 with 211 babies, ranked #1165.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1969.
  • 6,461 girls have been named Priya since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Priya per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 365 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,643 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,699 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,754 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A female given name from India. A common Hindu female name which means beloved. It is usually used in conjunction with another name, mostly those of gods to imply "beloved of ________".
Origin
India
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Priya, CC BY-SA 4.0.