Priyanka

Where Priyanka comes from

From Hindi प्रियंका (priyaṅkā).
— Wiktionary's entry for Priyanka
  • Hindi
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #6,705 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Peak, #1,780
    83 babies named Priyanka — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,805.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hindi.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.