Prema — girls' name
53 babies named Prema in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Prema was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Prema in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prema
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Prema between 1975 and 2023, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Prema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Prema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prema 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 53 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.
Prema at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Prema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1975
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
53 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 8 births in a single year.
Prema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 17 births that decade — 32% of Prema's all-time total
Prema decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Prema's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1975–2023 (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.