Priya

girls:

6.4k births since 1969

#2078 (64th percentile)

overall:

6.4k births since 1969

#3406 (56th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Priya is the #3,406 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,352 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 56.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,078 (63.6% percentile) for all time with 6,352 births since 1969.

Priya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (first recorded for girls in 1969).

For girls, Priya reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 21.5% percentile (ranked #731) with 106 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 108 births per million (ranked 21.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Priya ranks #828 for girls (12.6% percentile) with 71 births per million, which is 65.7% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Priya".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
6,352
Peak Births
211
Peak Year
2013
First Recorded
1969
Peak Percentile
21.5%
Current Percentile
12.6%
Peak Rank
#731
Current Rank
#828
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Priya

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Priya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 82.1% confident that Priya is pronounced as PREE-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PREE-yuh, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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82.1%
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PREE-uh (2 syllables)
82.1% confidence
P R IY1 AH0
PREE-yuh (2 syllables)
17.9% confidence
P R IY1 Y AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P R IY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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