Boys' name · since 2014
Prayash
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Prayash, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,335 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
25 boys have been named Prayash since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Prayash has 25 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2021.
- #27,335 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prayash ranks #27,335 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,335 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Prayash's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prayash's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Prayash's full recorded timeline at 2018, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Prayash popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2021
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Prayash by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Prayash's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Prayash births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Prayash's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Prayash: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2014–2021 (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 Prayash 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.