Unisex name · since 1997
Preet
148 babies named Preet in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 148
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
148 boys have been named Preet since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Preet has 148 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2017.
- #14,850 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 148 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Preet ranks #14,850 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 148
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Preet's 148 recorded births place it above 67.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Preet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Preet's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Preet popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Preet popularity over time - girls
88 total births recorded since 1992 (Preet as girls' name)
Preet by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Preet's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Preet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Preet's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2010s (50) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Preet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1997–2017 (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 Preet 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.