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How popular is the name Priya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Priyas are alive today.
Priya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1110th in 2025 and given to 30 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 155 babies were given the name, the 301st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 138 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 19% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Priya you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Priyas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 28, and there are at least 3,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Priya.
How many babies are named Priya each year?
Where does Priya rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Priya most popular?
Priya peaked in 2014, when 155 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Priya?
At least 3,600 people named Priya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Priya?
Most living Priyas are between 13 and 28; the most common age is about 13.
Is Priya becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.