Puja Popularity by Year
Follow Puja across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Puja birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Girls | 7 | #13,006 | Up 1,576 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 6 | #14,582 | Down 2,383 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Up 1,249 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 7 | #13,448 | Down 869 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 8 | #12,579 | Down 1,761 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 10 | #10,818 | Down 2,581 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 14 | #8,237 | Down 346 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 14 | #7,891 | Down 63 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 14 | #7,828 | Down 2,033 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 20 | #5,795 | Up 597 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 17 | #6,392 | Up 1,804 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 12 | #8,196 | Down 3,405 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 24 | #4,791 | Down 590 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 27 | #4,201 | Up 37 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 26 | #4,238 | Down 113 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 26 | #4,125 | Up 181 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 24 | #4,306 | Down 884 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 32 | #3,422 | Up 816 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 24 | #4,238 | Down 1,130 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 37 | #3,108 | Up 665 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 28 | #3,773 | Down 1,035 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 43 | #2,738 | Up 489 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 34 | #3,227 | Down 417 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 39 | #2,810 | Down 363 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 44 | #2,447 | Up 584 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 31 | #3,031 | Down 58 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 31 | #2,973 | Down 372 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 37 | #2,601 | Down 335 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 43 | #2,266 | Up 1,683 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 19 | #3,949 | Down 856 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 28 | #3,093 | Up 912 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 19 | #4,005 | Down 286 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 21 | #3,719 | Up 2,032 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 11 | #5,751 | Up 1,197 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Down 1,735 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 12 | #5,213 | Up 2,943 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 6 | #8,156 | Down 983 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 7 | #7,173 | — |