Given name
Supriya
“one who is dearly loved; beloved”
Supriya is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved; beloved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is dearly loved; beloved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Supriya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 370
- 0 boys · 370 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,032 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.
Supriya’s family of names
Supriya has a related form in Supriyaa. Supriya has a related form in Supriyah. Supriya has a related form in Supriyya.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Supriya
- Supriya PathakIndian actressborn 1961
- Supriya PilgaonkarIndian Hindi and Marathi actressborn 1967
- Supriya DeviIndian actress1933–2018
- Supriya GaneshAmerican actress (born 1997)
- Supriya ChaudhuriIndian academicborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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