How Many People Are Named Priya?
An estimated 6,301 people in the United States have the first name Priya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Priya peaked in popularity in 2014 with 211 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Priya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Priya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
6,301
About 1 in 54,397 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2014
211 births
Total Registered
6,461
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Priya
Priya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 6,461 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Priya as a female name
Ranked #1,857 in 2024
108 female births in 2024
Peak: 2014 (211 births)
Priya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Priya span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,745 babies were registered. While Priya is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Priya by Decade
How has Priya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Priya by State
Birth registrations for Priya span all 29 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, New Jersey. The lowest are in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas. On average, about 151 Priyas were registered per state.
Priya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Priya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Priya
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Priya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Priya?
We estimate approximately 6,301 people named Priya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 54,397 Americans share this first name.
Is Priya a common name?
Priya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 6,461 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Priya most popular?
Priya reached peak popularity in 2014, when 211 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Priya is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Priya a female name?
Priya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Priya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Priya Smith, Priya Johnson, Priya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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