Preethi — girls' name
188 babies named Preethi in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Preethi was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Preethi in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Preethi
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Preethi between 1978 and 2009, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Preethi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Preethi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Preethi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Preethi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Preethi 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 188 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.
Preethi at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Preethi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1978
- Peak year (2002)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
188 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 20 births in a single year.
Preethi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 103 births that decade — 55% of Preethi's all-time total
Preethi decade highlights
- Peak decade 103 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Preethi's strongest decade
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Preethi by state
Where Preethi concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 188 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1978–2009 (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.