Praveen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Praveen

The Social Security Administration has registered 217 babies named Praveen between 1970 and 2010, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Praveen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Praveen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Praveen 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 Praveen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Praveen 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 217 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.