Pooja

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682

Peak · girls
1997 · 117 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,981
since 1976

Pooja over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pooja has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #1,419, 1997girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2018#15,6825
2017#14,1246
2016#11,7818
2015#16,4195
2014#10,12910
2013#9,61211
2012#12,1998
2011#7,78315
2010#6,90418
2009#7,67916
2008#5,27927
2007#5,23027
2006#4,16535
2005#2,90256
2004#2,96553
2003#2,36870
2002#2,28871
2001#2,33168
2000#2,08978
1999#1,502114
1998#1,73491
1997#1,419117
1996#1,446113
1995#1,62691
1994#1,545100
1993#1,61194
1992#1,507104
1991#1,83277
1990#2,25856
1989#2,37149
1988#2,33047
1987#2,33245
1986#2,51239
1985#2,39841
1984#2,26643
1983#2,72132
1982#3,26026
1981#3,14727
1980#3,85320
1979#3,14726
1978#3,77719
1977#4,42515
1976#6,6118
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Pooja! It came in at #6,611, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pooja
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,419 (117 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,878
  • Highest: 1 in 14,878 girls born in 1997 were named Pooja (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 48.3% of all girls named Pooja (957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s68#3,147 (1979)#4,490
1980s369#2,266 (1984)#2,719
1990s957#1,419 (1997)#1,648
2000s501#2,089 (2000)#3,730
2010s86#6,904 (2010)#11,626

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pooja in 1998

girls
#1,734
91 births · 1 in 19,417 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #1,734Pooja91
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 19,417 of them was named Pooja, which outranked 89.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pooja
  1. #1,721Ricki92
  2. #1,721Rileigh92
  3. #1,721Zahra92
  4. #1,734Pooja91
  5. #1,734Abrianna91
  6. #1,734Aleigha91
  7. #1,734Ambria91
  8. #1,751Brittaney90
  9. #1,751Charley90
  10. #1,751Emelia90

Tied with 16 names at #1,734; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998