Naresh — boys' name
80 babies named Naresh in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Naresh was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Naresh in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naresh
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Naresh between 1981 and 2005, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naresh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naresh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Naresh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naresh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Naresh at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naresh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1981
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
80 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 9 births in a single year.
Naresh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 44% of Naresh's all-time total
Naresh decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Naresh's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.