Priyanka — #9130 US girls' name
1,783 babies named Priyanka in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Priyanka was born in this single decade.
84 babies were named Priyanka in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Priyanka
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,783 babies named Priyanka between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Priyanka currently holds the #9130 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 84 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Priyanka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 703 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Priyanka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 277 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Priyanka in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Priyanka 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 1,783 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.
Priyanka at a glance
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Current rank
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Priyanka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (1998)
- 84
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #9130 among girls.
1,783 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 84 births in a single year.
Priyanka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 703 births that decade — 39% of Priyanka's all-time total
Priyanka decade highlights
- Peak decade 703 births
- Runner-up 592 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Priyanka's strongest decade
703 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Priyanka by state
Where Priyanka concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 277 | 15.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 175 | 9.8% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 164 | 9.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 50 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 15 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.6% |
277 of 1,783 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.5% of nationwide
- New York 9.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Priyanka appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1983–2024 (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.