Parminder — boys' name
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.
48% of everyone ever named Parminder was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Parminder in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Parminder
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Parminder between 1980 and 2002, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Parminder currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Parminder is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1971.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Parminder performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Parminder shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Parminder 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 21 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.
Parminder at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Parminder popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
21 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 6 births in a single year.
Parminder popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1971 (Parminder as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Parminder accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Parminder by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Parminder's all-time total
Parminder decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Parminder's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1980–2002 (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.