Priya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning beloved or dear.
Babies a year
30
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1110
30 babies
Priya by the numbers
In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Priya. In the US, 141 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 210 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Priya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Priabeloved or dear one3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Priyahbeloved; dear one9 in the US (2017)
- Priyalbeloved or dear; a form of Priya8 in the US (2017)
- Piyabeloved or dear one3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Prishagift or beloved86 in England and Wales (2025)
- Parisafairy-like; resembling a peri15 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean love
Like Priya, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
- Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amybeloved1,724 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Priya
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