Is Puja a boy or girl name?

Puja is a girl’s name. Of the 818 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Puja

Recorded 1975–2015 · United States

Puja was most popular in 1988, when 44 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,905 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 818 people named Puja.

Puja over time

Births per year. The dot marks Puja’s peak in 1988. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Puja a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Puja is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 818 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Puja

Where Puja is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org