Prashant — boys' name

What the Data Says About Prashant

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Prashant between 1970 and 2016, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prashant currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Prashant performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Prashant shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prashant in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Prashant 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 278 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.