Recorded 2008–2016 Girls' name Peak 2013 29 births

Pranaya — girls' name

29 babies named Pranaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s23
2010s
Peak decade

79% of everyone ever named Pranaya was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

11 babies were named Pranaya in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pranaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Pranaya between 2008 and 2016, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pranaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pranaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pranaya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pranaya 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 29 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.

Pranaya at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

29

Since 2008

9 years of records

Peak year

2013

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2008

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2016

Pranaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2008

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2013)
11
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
4681012 2016201320112008 6

Pranaya by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
23 births that decade — 79% of Pranaya's all-time total
2000s62010s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pranaya?
29 babies have been named Pranaya since 2008. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2013 with 11 births.
When was Pranaya most popular?
Pranaya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Pranaya been used?
Pranaya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 9 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Pranaya?
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, 2008–2016 (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.