Sreeja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SREE-jah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Sreeja is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “born of prosperity”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sreeja mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit shri 'prosperity' and ja 'born'
“born of prosperity”
Is Sreeja a girl's or a boy's name?
Sreeja is a girls' name.
How popular is Sreeja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sreeja in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sreeja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
Names like Sreeja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Saanvi Viha Sanvi Navya Vibha Shreya Dhara Krisha Priya Kavya Dhriti
Names related to Sreeja
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Sreeja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sreeja, updated 20 October 2026.