Palak — girls' name

What the Data Says About Palak

The Social Security Administration has registered 289 babies named Palak between 1979 and 2014, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Palak currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Palak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Palak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Palak in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Palak 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 289 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.