Recorded 2015–2023 Boys' name Peak 2016 46 births

Priyan — boys' name

46 babies named Priyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s282020s18
2010s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Priyan was born in this single decade.

2016
Single peak year

11 babies were named Priyan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Priyan

The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Priyan between 2015 and 2023, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Priyan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Priyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Priyan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Priyan 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 46 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.

Priyan at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

46

Since 2015

9 years of records

Peak year

2016

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2015

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2023

Priyan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2015

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2016)
11
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
4681012 2023202220212019201820162015 6

Priyan by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
28 births that decade — 61% of Priyan's all-time total
2010s282020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Priyan?
46 babies have been named Priyan since 2015. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2016 with 11 births.
When was Priyan most popular?
Priyan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Priyan been used?
Priyan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 9 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Priyan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Prince, Princeton, Price, Primo, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2015–2023 (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.