Boys' name · since 1969
Parag
Parag has 199 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,997 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
199 boys have been named Parag since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parag has been recorded 199 times among boys since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1993.
- #12,997 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 199 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parag ranks #12,997 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,997 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Parag's 199 recorded births place it above 71.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Parag's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Parag's full recorded timeline at 1979, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Parag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1993
- Peak year (1975)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Parag by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (104 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Parag's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Parag births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
104 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 104 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Parag's decade-level peak was the 1970s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Parag: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Parag draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.