How rare is the name Priyanka?

7,849 people in the United States have the first name Priyanka, about 1 in 38,480. It ranks #2,907 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PRIYANKA

#2,907

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,849
About
1 in 38,480
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,849 people named Priyanka, 94.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.8% as White and 1.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Priyanka peaked in 1998, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19832025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
84
In 2025*
6 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,790 babies have been given the name since 1983. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Priyanka by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,371. The largest share of babies named Priyanka, 51.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#7,681150
1990s#3,371704
2000s#4,777592
2010s#8,686266
2020s#13,69978
Millennials 1981–9634.6%
Generation Z 1997–1251.8%
2013 and later13.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Priyanka

#2,904 Richelle · 7,854#2,906 Johnson · 7,851#2,908 Saige · 7,835#2,909 Basil · 7,831

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Priyanka, most common first.

#19,762 Priyank · 531#39,134 Prianka · 194

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