Pooja
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,981since 1976
Pooja over time
Rank among girls' names. Pooja has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 |
| 2002 | #2,288 | 71 |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 |
| 2000 | #2,089 | 78 |
| 1999 | #1,502 | 114 |
| 1998 | #1,734 | 91 |
| 1997 | #1,419 | 117 |
| 1996 | #1,446 | 113 |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 |
| 1994 | #1,545 | 100 |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #2,332 | 45 |
| 1986 | #2,512 | 39 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 |
| 1984 | #2,266 | 43 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
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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.
Where Pooja is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#430 · 1 in 3,036
- New York#920 · 1 in 7,741
- Georgia#972 · 1 in 8,259
- California#1,104 · 1 in 10,272
Best ever in a state: #325 in New Jersey, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #430 | 15 | 1 in 3,036 |
| New York | #920 | 15 | 1 in 7,741 |
| Georgia | #972 | 5 | 1 in 8,259 |
| California | #1,104 | 25 | 1 in 10,272 |
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See more about Pooja
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1997 at #1,419 (117 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 48.3% of all girls named Pooja (957) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68 | #3,147 (1979) | #4,490 |
| 1980s | 369 | #2,266 (1984) | #2,719 |
| 1990s | 957 | #1,419 (1997) | #1,648 |
| 2000s | 501 | #2,089 (2000) | #3,730 |
| 2010s | 86 | #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 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
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1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 17,730 of them was named Pooja, which outranked 90.3% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Kendal105
- #1,499Meghann105
- #1,499Miesha105
- #1,507Pooja104
- #1,507Ariella104
- #1,507Gena104
- #1,507Jelisa104
- #1,523Aleshia103
- #1,523Annelise103
- #1,523Brooklynn103
Tied with 15 names at #1,507; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.