Given name · also Hindi
Pragya
“wisdom”
Pragya is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “wisdom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “wisdom.”
Where it comes from
Pragya comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi प्रज्ञा, from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pragya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 234
- 0 boys · 234 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 776 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.
Pragya’s family of names
In English usage, Pragya shares an earlier linguistic root with Pirakya. In English usage, Pragya shares an earlier linguistic root with PROGYA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pragya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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