How Many People Are Named Shreya?
people named Shreya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,507 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,037 babies named Shreya in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
314 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "superior, best" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shreya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shreya alive today is about 17 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shreya first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 2003, to 314 babies. In 2025, 62 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shreya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #786, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #2,772.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,772 |
| Best rank | #786 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,028 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shreya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shreya were born in California than in any other state: about 966 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shreya was given 5 times as often in New Jersey, 1.9 times in Virginia and 1.8 times in California.
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