Boys' name · since 1980

Premal

10 babies named Premal in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#35,435 of 45,481
all-time among boys
10
born since 1980
1980s
peak decade

Premal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 10 recorded since 1980.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Premal has been recorded 10 times among boys since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 1983.

  • #35,435 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 10 born since 1980
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Premal ranks #35,435 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.

#35,435 of 45,481
all-time among boys
10
born since 1980
1980s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Premal's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Premal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Premal's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded.

Premal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1983

Last recorded 1983
Peak year (1980)
5
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
5 19801983 5

Premal by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).

1980s was Premal's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Premal births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Premal?
Premal has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1980, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #35,435 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1983. 5 babies were born in 1980, its single highest year.
Where does Premal sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Premal ranks #35,435 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Premal most popular?
Premal was most popular in the 1980s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Premal been used?
Records for Premal go back to 1980, giving 4 years of history through 1983.
What names are similar to Premal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Preston, Presley, Prentice, Prentiss, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Premal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1980–1983 (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 Premal 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.