Girls' name · since 1983
Priyanka
Priyanka has 1,790 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,790
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,790 babies have been named Priyanka since 1983, making it today's #13642 girls' name.
Priyanka has 1,790 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13642 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #5,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,642 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,790 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Priyanka ranks #5,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,642 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,790 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,642 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,790
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Priyanka's 1,790 recorded births place it above 92.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Priyanka compares
1,790 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Priyanka's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Priyanka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,790 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 21 | 19,840 |
Priyanka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Priyanka splits its recorded history at 2004: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2025 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 84 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Priyanka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Priyanka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (704 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Priyanka's strongest decade.
704 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Priyanka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 150
1980s
150 births
- 1990s
1990s
704 births
- 2000s
2000s
592 births
- 2010s 266
2010s
266 births
- 2020s 78
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 704 births (39% of all-time use).
How Priyanka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Priyanka's total volume
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 | | 51 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 15 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.6% |
277 of 1,790 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Priyanka appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Priyanka's data
- Priyanka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (704 total births); usage has since declined to 78 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Priyankas (277 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Priyanka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Priyanka 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.