Unisex name · since 1980
Parminder
21 babies named Parminder in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Parminder sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 21 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Parminder recorded 21 times among boys since 1980, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2002.
- #28,779 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Parminder ranks #28,779 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Parminder's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Parminder's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Parminder's full recorded timeline at 1993, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Parminder popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2002
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Parminder popularity over time - girls
15 total births recorded since 1971 (Parminder as girls' name)
Parminder by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Parminder's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Parminder births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Parminder's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- 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 Parminder: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1980–2002 (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 Parminder 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.