Girls' name · since 2008
Pranaya
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.
- #41,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Pranaya since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Pranaya recorded 29 times among girls since 2008, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2016.
- #41,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pranaya ranks #41,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Pranaya's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pranaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pranaya's full recorded timeline at 2013, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pranaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2016
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Pranaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 79% of the file).
2010s was Pranaya's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Pranaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Pranaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pranaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.