Boys' name · since 2010
Pragyan
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 74 babies named Pragyan, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,477 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,475 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pragyan currently ranks #9475 among boys' names in America, with 74 babies recorded since 2010.
Pragyan has 74 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9475 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #19,477 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,475 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pragyan ranks #19,477 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,475 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 74 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,477 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,475 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pragyan's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Pragyan compares
74 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pragyan's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pragyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pragyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pragyan's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pragyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Pragyan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Pragyan's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Pragyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Pragyan 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.