Preeti — girls' name
360 babies named Preeti in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Preeti was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Preeti in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Preeti
The Social Security Administration has registered 360 babies named Preeti between 1972 and 2009, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Preeti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Preeti performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Preeti shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Preeti in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Preeti 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 360 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.
Preeti at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Preeti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1972
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
360 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 18 births in a single year.
Preeti by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 108 births that decade — 30% of Preeti's all-time total
Preeti decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Preeti's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Preeti by state
Where Preeti concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.7% |
6 of 360 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% 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, 1972–2009 (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.