Recorded 2008–2022 Girls' name Peak 2008 66 births

Pragnya — girls' name

66 babies named Pragnya in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s172010s372020s12
2010s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Pragnya was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

11 babies were named Pragnya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pragnya

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Pragnya between 2008 and 2022, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pragnya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pragnya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pragnya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pragnya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 66 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Pragnya at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

66

Since 2008

15 years of records

Peak year

2008

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2008

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2022

Pragnya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2008

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
11
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4681012 202220212019201820162013201120092008 11

Pragnya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
37 births that decade — 56% of Pragnya's all-time total
2000s172010s372020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pragnya?
66 babies have been named Pragnya since 2008. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 11 births.
When was Pragnya most popular?
Pragnya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Pragnya been used?
Pragnya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 15 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Pragnya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Praise, Pranavi, Prairie, Prachi, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.