girl's name

Pooja

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,475

Pooja is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Pooja is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 1997, when 117 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.

Pooja over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Pooja by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 68
1980s 369
1990s 957
2000s 501
2010s (to 2018) 86

How popular is Pooja?

In 2018, Pooja was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Pooja is used

Canada #2,707 7 in 2009
England & Wales #5,398 4 in 2016
France #7,054 5 in 2014
United States #16,794 5 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Pooja

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Pooja also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Pooja over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Pooja

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Pooja — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Pooja

How popular is the name Pooja?

In 2018, Pooja was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Pooja a girl's or a boy's name?

Pooja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Pooja most popular?

Pooja peaked in 1997, when 117 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.