Priya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Priya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Priya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #151 in 2018, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#151highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Priya's record

Moved 169 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#342
1997	#311
1998	#302
1999	#285
2000	#291
2001	#313
2002	#310
2003	#326
2004	#340
2005	#319
2006	#319
2007	#350
2008	#379
2009	#398
2010	#447
2011	#409
2012	#372
2013	#336
2014	#301
2015	#377
2016	#444
2017	#453
2018	#507
2019	#778
2020	#700
2021	#767
2022	#647
2023	#921
2024	#1160

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #790 among girls in Scotland, #1160 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #342 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2012–2024
Highest recorded position: #151 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2012–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Priya appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,963 births with the name.

Priya across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Priya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#342 (1996)	#285 (1999)	#1160 (2024)	29 of 29	2,963 (1996–2024)	155 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#560 (2012)	#170 (2017)	#413 (2025)	14 of 14	234 (2012–2025)	31 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#451 (2012)	#151 (2018)	#337 (2024)	13 of 13	107 (2012–2024)	14 (2018)

Priya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Priya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	460	4 of 10	115
2000sbusiest	1,204	10 of 10	120
2010s	1,073	10 of 10	107
2020s	226	5 of 10	45

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 120 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2018 and 2019, when recorded births fell by 36, from 84 to 48.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Priya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #151 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Priya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#921	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#647	58	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#767	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#700	53	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#778	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#507	84	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#453	97	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#444	99	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#377	120	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#301	155	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#336	137	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#372	128	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#409	110	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#447	95	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#398	106	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#379	117	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#350	125	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#319	138	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#319	127	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#340	113	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#326	116	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#310	116	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#313	117	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#291	129	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#285	125	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#302	119	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#311	115	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#342	101	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#213	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#151	14	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#166	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#195	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	21	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	26	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#375	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	31	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	21	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #151, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 155 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Prithvi · #1703, 15y
Priyan · #1578, 22y
Priyansh · #1460, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shelby · #151, 31y
Beatrix · #152, 30y
Honey · #152, 30y
Macie · #152, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dua · #151, 26y
Sadbh · #151, 32y
Shelby · #151, 31y
Beatrix · #152, 30y

Priya was ranked #151 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Priya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Priya without appearing here.

Priya moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #291 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #313 and #871.
Bailey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #364 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #275 and #736.
Donna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #560 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #459 and #894.
Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #275 and #631.

Moved ahead of Priya

Bailey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #647 and #683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #600.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #778 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #700 and #460.
Bridget Compare
In 2022 they stood at #647 and #762 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #694.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #921 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1160 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Priya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Priya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Priya went from #342 to #1160 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #151 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Priya

Priya at a glance

What stands out in Priya's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Priya across 3 official records

Priya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Priya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Priya at a glance

What stands out in Priya's record

Priya across 3 official records

Priya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Priya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Priya

Priya and the names beside it

Priya moved ahead of

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