Boys' name · since 1970
Prashant
278 babies named Prashant in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,057 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 278
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
278 boys have been named Prashant since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prashant has been recorded 278 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- #11,057 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 278 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prashant ranks #11,057 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 278 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,057 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 278
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Prashant's 278 recorded births place it above 75.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Prashant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Prashant's full recorded timeline at 1990, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Prashant popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1985)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Prashant by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (104 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Prashant's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Prashant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s
1980s
104 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 104 births (37% of all-time use).
Prashant by state
Where Prashant concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 278 births nationwide.
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What to do with Prashant's data
- Prashant's decade-level peak was the 1980s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Prashants (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Prashant: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1970–2016 (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 Prashant 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.