Pragya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Pragya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Pragya mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit or Hindi, meaning “Wisdom”.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Pragya a girl's or a boy's name?
Pragya is a girls' name.
How popular is Pragya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Pragya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pragya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Pragya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Aadhya, Navya, Aavya, Saanvi, Aarya, Kavya, Arya, Dhriti, Priya, Viha, Vanya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pragya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pragya, updated 20 October 2026.