Punit — boys' name
22 babies named Punit in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
77% of everyone ever named Punit was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Punit in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Punit
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Punit between 1988 and 1997, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Punit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Punit performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Punit shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Punit 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 22 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.
Punit at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Punit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1988
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
22 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Punit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 17 births that decade — 77% of Punit's all-time total
Punit decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Punit's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% 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, 1988–1997 (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.