Prayag — boys' name
37 babies named Prayag in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
86% of everyone ever named Prayag was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Prayag in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prayag
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Prayag between 2006 and 2017, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prayag currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prayag performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Prayag shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prayag 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 37 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.
Prayag at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Prayag popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2006
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
37 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 9 births in a single year.
Prayag by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 32 births that decade — 86% of Prayag's all-time total
Prayag decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Prayag's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.