Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Priyanka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,790
- 0 boys · 1,790 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,518 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,518 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,849 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.
Priyanka’s family of names
Priyanka may belong to the same name family as PRIYANKKA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Priyanka
- Priyanka ChopraIndian actress (born 1982)
- Priyanka GandhiIndian politicianborn 1972
- Priyanka KothariIndian actressborn 1983
- Priyanka KarkiNepalese actressborn 1987
- Priyanka MohanIndian actress and modelborn 1995
- Priyanka BoseIndian actressborn 1982
- Priyanka GoswamiIndian athleteborn 1996
- Priyanka YoshikawaJapanese female modelborn 1994
- Priyanka RoyIndian cricketerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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