girl's name

Puja

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 906

Puja is a girl's name. In 2015 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1988, when 44 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Puja 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 2015, not a full ten years.

312
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Puja by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 44
1980s 312
1990s 301
2000s 133
2010s (to 2015) 28

How popular is Puja?

In 2015, Puja was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Puja is used

Canada #3,015 5 in 2001
England & Wales #5,680 4 in 2014
United States #14,460 7 in 2015

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 Puja

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

Parents who like Puja also like

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

Sibling names for Puja

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

Common questions about Puja

How popular is the name Puja?

In 2015, Puja was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Puja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Puja most popular?

Puja peaked in 1988, when 44 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.