Recorded 1996–2013 Boys' name Peak 2011 42 births

Pujan — boys' name

42 babies named Pujan in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s172000s122010s13
1990s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Pujan was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

7 babies were named Pujan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pujan

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Pujan between 1996 and 2013, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pujan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pujan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pujan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pujan 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 42 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.

Pujan at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

42

Since 1996

18 years of records

Peak year

2011

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1996

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2013

Pujan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1996

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2013201120042002199919981996 5

Pujan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
17 births that decade — 40% of Pujan's all-time total
1990s172000s122010s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pujan?
42 babies have been named Pujan since 1996. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2011 with 7 births.
When was Pujan most popular?
Pujan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Pujan been used?
Pujan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 18 years of data through 2013.

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, 1996–2013 (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.