Priam — #8195 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Priam

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Priam between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Priam currently holds the #8195 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Priam performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Priam shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Priam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Priam 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 74 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.