Pooja

POO-juh /ˈpuːdʒə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Pooja is a rare girls' name that peaked in 1997 and has since faded.

Pooja is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2018. Pooja was first reported in SSA data in 1976 and peaked in 1997 (117 births).

About the name Pooja

PronunciationPOO-juh /ˈpuːdʒə/
CultureHindi
117peak births 1997
1976first in SSA data

Names similar to Pooja

How popular is Pooja?

Girls named Pooja
197619801990200020102018
Girls named Pooja per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1976–2018 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2018) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Pooja total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201855#17,556
201766#15,483
201688#12,614
201555#18,492
20141010#10,762
20131111#10,090
201288#13,162
20111515#8,110
20101818#7,149
20091616#7,981
20082727#5,400
20072727#5,350
20063535#4,238
20055656#2,928
20045353#2,989
20037070#2,388
20027171#2,301
20016868#2,351
20007878#2,100
1999114114#1,511
19989191#1,749
1997117—#1,427
1996113—#1,462
199591—#1,635
1994100—#1,553
199394—#1,621
1992104—#1,520
199177—#1,850
199056—#2,281
198949—#2,397
198847—#2,357
198745—#2,353
198639—#2,547
198541—#2,428
198443—#2,287
198332—#2,764
198226—#3,316
198127—#3,219
198020—#3,954
197926—#3,218
197819—#3,878
197715—#4,580
19768—#7,088