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Shreya

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,751 among girls
Births in 2025
62 5,037 since 1880
Typical age
18 years, median

Shreya popularity over time

Shreya rank by birth year, 1980–2025Shreya ranked #8,178 in 1980 and #2,751 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #784, in 2003.#1,000#10,000#2,751best #784 in 200319801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1980–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Shreya in 2003 than in any other year — 314 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1980. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,751, with 62 births that year.

The ten-year change is -63%. Year on year the rank dropped by 218.

Babies named Shreya per yearPeaks at 314 births in 2003.314 in 2003019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Shreya?

Roughly 5,000 Shreyas are alive in the US right now. That is out of 5,037 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Shreya?

The typical living Shreya is 18 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Shreya a millennial-era name.

Your Shreya

Ages of living people named ShreyaHalf of living Shreyas are older than 18 and half younger.median 1802040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Shreya is most common

Shreya is 2.5× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally.

Where Shreya is used more than average2 states use the name Shreya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.8× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Shreya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 54 2.5×
California 190 1.8×

Shreya in England and Wales

ONS recorded 18 births named Shreya in 2025, ranking it #1,639. That is 44% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Shreya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रेया.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Shreya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Shreya Ghoshal Indian playback singer 1984 58
Shreya Narayan actress 1985 11
Photo credits (2)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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