MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Priyanka mean?
The Sanskrit affection word priya provides the base of Priyanka. Priya also stands alone as a feminine personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: priyaṅkā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
प्रियंका
Letter-by-letter: priyaṅkā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
பிரியங்கா
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
प्रियांका
Letter-by-letter: priyāṃkā
2,813 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Priyanka in Indian usage
547,093 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 542,849 records (99.2%).
- Recorded as male: 4,244 records (0.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 508 |
| 1930s | 103 |
| 1940s | 136 |
| 1950s | 417 |
| 1960s | 1,620 |
| 1970s | 15,646 |
| 1980s | 157,037 |
| 1990s | 371,513 |
| Other decades | 113 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 166,813 |
| Bihar | 149,531 |
| Rajasthan | 64,888 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 62,970 |
| Jharkhand | 22,216 |
| Haryana | 19,889 |
| Delhi | 19,732 |
| Uttarakhand | 11,833 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 9,782 |
| Kerala | 5,773 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 5,681 |
| Goa | 1,899 |
| Karnataka | 1,558 |
| Assam | 1,104 |
| Chandigarh | 800 |
| Maharashtra | 599 |
| Meghalaya | 387 |
| Puducherry | 366 |
| Tripura | 296 |
| Sikkim | 177 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 169 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 139 |
| Daman and Diu | 135 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 130 |
| Manipur | 104 |
| Other states | 122 |
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 | Priyanka / F | 3 | 5,927 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Priyanka ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- 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 Priyanka; Table_6, C7203 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Priyanka; Table_6, C7203
- Behind the Name: Priyanka ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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