Priyanka
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Priyanka is a girls' name of Hindi origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Priyanka mean?
Hindi
A female given name from Hindi.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Priyanka a girl's or a boy's name?
Priyanka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Priyanka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Priyanka, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1997, with 48 girls.
Half of all the girls named Priyanka in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Priyanka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 41 | #671 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 48 | #606 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
How popular is Priyanka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Priyanka, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had the fewest girls named Priyanka since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Priyanka in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Priyanka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,887 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,349 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 58 | #2,565 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 83 | #1,799 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,950 |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,822 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 65 | #2,073 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,157 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
Names like Priyanka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Priya, Anvika, Radhika, Saanvika, Hanvika, Saanvi, Divisha, Akshara, Advika, Tanvika, Varnika
Names related to Priyanka
More Hindi names
Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi, Muskan, Rivan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Priyanka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/priyanka, updated 20 October 2026.