Shreya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHRAY-a
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Shreya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “auspicious, excellent”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Shreya mean?
Sanskrit
“auspicious, excellent”
From Sanskrit shreyas, the better path, which the Upanishads contrast with preyas, the merely pleasant.
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Is Shreya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shreya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shreya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Shreya, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 90 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shreya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Shreya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 41 | #942 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 54 | #784 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 61 | #718 |
| 2012 | 64 | #699 |
| 2011 | 90 | #515 |
| 2010 | 61 | #672 |
| 2009 | 64 | #636 |
| 2008 | 63 | #648 |
| 2007 | 62 | #630 |
| 2006 | 67 | #581 |
| 2005 | 61 | #598 |
| 2004 | 52 | #634 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Shreya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Shreya, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,023rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 314 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Shreya than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Shreya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Shreya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
- Shreya 62
- Shreeya 10
Shreya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,466 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,023 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,716 |
| 2018 | 105 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,600 |
| 2016 | 140 | #1,580 |
| 2015 | 168 | #1,396 |
| 2014 | 172 | #1,356 |
| 2013 | 159 | #1,425 |
| 2012 | 177 | #1,326 |
| 2011 | 222 | #1,111 |
| 2010 | 183 | #1,294 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 211 | #1,207 |
| 2007 | 228 | #1,131 |
| 2006 | 234 | #1,083 |
| 2005 | 261 | #947 |
| 2004 | 288 | #854 |
| 2003 | 314 | #784 |
| 2002 | 255 | #885 |
| 2001 | 209 | #1,031 |
| 2000 | 165 | #1,201 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,356 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Shreya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Prisha, Priya, Sanvi, Navya, Shriya, Viha, Krisha, Kavya, Dhriti, Arya, Yashvi
Other spellings of Shreya
Names related to Shreya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Shreya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shreya, updated 20 October 2026.