Boys' name · since 1971
Paresh
Paresh has 32 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,463 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
32 boys have been named Paresh since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Paresh has 32 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1986.
- #25,463 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 32 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paresh ranks #25,463 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,463 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 32
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Paresh's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Paresh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Paresh splits its recorded history at 1979: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Paresh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1986
- Peak year (1971)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Paresh by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (22 births, 69% of the file).
1970s was Paresh's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Paresh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 22 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Paresh's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1980s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Paresh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1971–1986 (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 Paresh 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.