Given name
Pooja
“in Hinduism, a religious ritual”
In English use, Pooja is a variant of Puja. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, a religious ritual.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Pooja is a variant of Puja. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, a religious ritual.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Pooja is a variant of Puja. An origin associated with Puja is Hindi.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pooja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,981
- 0 boys · 1,981 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 117 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 117 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,697 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pooja’s family of names
In English usage, Pooja has a related form in Puja. In English usage, Pooja has a related form in Puja. In English usage, Pooja was borrowed from पूजा.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pooja
- Pooja HegdeIndian actressborn 1990
- Pooja BhattIndian actressborn 1972
- Pooja BediIndian actress (born 1970)
- Pooja BatraIndian-American actressborn 1976
- Pooja DhandaIndian woman freestyle wrestlerborn 1994
- Puja BanerjeeIndian television actress, Film actressborn 1987
- Pooja BanerjeeIndian actressborn 1991
- Pooja SawantIndian actressborn 1990
- Pooja DhingraIndian pastry chef and businesswomanborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.