Priyanka
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning dear, beloved, pleasant.
Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Priyanka by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Priyanka. In the US, 20 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 84 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Priyanka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean love
Like Priyanka, 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 Priyanka
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