Prayan — #5408 US boys' name
196 babies named Prayan in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Prayan was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Prayan in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prayan
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Prayan between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prayan currently holds the #5408 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prayan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Prayan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prayan 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 196 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.
Prayan at a glance
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Current rank
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Prayan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2019)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #5408 among boys.
196 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 29 births in a single year.
Prayan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 116 births that decade — 59% of Prayan's all-time total
Prayan decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Prayan's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 2012–2024 (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.