Pragya — #11633 US girls' name
233 babies named Pragya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Pragya was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Pragya in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pragya
The Social Security Administration has registered 233 babies named Pragya between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pragya currently holds the #11633 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pragya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pragya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pragya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pragya 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 233 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.
Pragya at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Pragya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2018)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #11633 among girls.
233 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 18 births in a single year.
Pragya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 113 births that decade — 48% of Pragya's all-time total
Pragya decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pragya's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Pragya by state
Where Pragya concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 5.6% |
13 of 233 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.