Poonam — girls' name

What the Data Says About Poonam

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Poonam between 1972 and 2008, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Poonam currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Poonam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Poonam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Poonam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Poonam 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 260 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.