MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Priya mean?
Priyā is the feminine lexical form of priya and appears as an affectionate noun as well as an adjective. Sanskrit priya can describe something pleasing or welcome as well as a beloved person.
Pronunciation
IAST: priyā
/pɾɪ.jɑː/
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रिया
Letter-by-letter: priyā
Conventional spelling
About spelling and pronunciation
Pronunciation in the dictionary
प्रिया: /pɾɪ.jɑː/ Wiktionary ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Priya in Indian usage
182,917 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 180,178 records (98.5%).
- Recorded as male: 2,739 records (1.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 178 |
| 1940s | 291 |
| 1950s | 645 |
| 1960s | 2,341 |
| 1970s | 16,252 |
| 1980s | 55,963 |
| 1990s | 107,114 |
| Other decades | 133 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 54,071 |
| Bihar | 27,534 |
| Kerala | 23,626 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 20,355 |
| Rajasthan | 14,532 |
| Delhi | 9,599 |
| Jharkhand | 9,143 |
| Haryana | 6,588 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,215 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2,282 |
| Karnataka | 2,173 |
| Goa | 1,905 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,692 |
| Puducherry | 1,346 |
| Assam | 1,021 |
| Tripura | 688 |
| Maharashtra | 614 |
| Punjab | 528 |
| Chandigarh | 495 |
| Meghalaya | 401 |
| Odisha | 210 |
| Manipur | 191 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 175 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 174 |
| Sikkim | 135 |
| Other states | 224 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Priya / F | 30 | 1,110 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Priya Anand
Indian actress
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Priya; Table_6, C1133 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Priya; Table_6, C1133
- Wiktionary: प्रिया ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, priya, p. 710,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.