Pritesh — boys' name
57 babies named Pritesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Pritesh was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Pritesh in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pritesh
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Pritesh between 1982 and 1993, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pritesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pritesh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pritesh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Pritesh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pritesh 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 57 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.
Pritesh at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pritesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1982
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
57 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 9 births in a single year.
Pritesh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 40 births that decade — 70% of Pritesh's all-time total
Pritesh decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Pritesh's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Pritesh by state
Where Pritesh concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.8% |
5 of 57 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% 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, 1982–1993 (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.