girl's name

Preya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 54

Preya is a girl's name. In 2004 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1991, when 7 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Preya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2004, not a full ten years.

22
'90 '00
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Births named Preya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 22
2000s (to 2004) 13

How popular is Preya?

In 2004, Preya was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Preya is used

England & Wales #7,208 3 in 2024
United States #15,313 6 in 2004

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 Preya

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

Parents who like Preya also like

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

Sibling names for Preya

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

Common questions about Preya

How popular is the name Preya?

In 2004, Preya was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Preya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Preya most popular?

Preya peaked in 1991, when 7 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.