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Priyanka

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Priyanka is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of girls
Peak year
199884 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1983
1,783people given the name
Babies named Priyanka, by year of birthgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,783 girls have been named Priyanka in the United States since 1983, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 84 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 39%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Priyanka
1980s150
1990s703
2000s592
2010s266
2020s72

In 1998, its biggest year

Priyanka was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Priyanka

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.