How rare is the name Pranav?

5,614 people in the United States have the first name Pranav, about 1 in 53,800. It ranks #3,637 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PRANAV

#3,637

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,614
About
1 in 53,800
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,614 people named Pranav, 96.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Pranav peaked in 2004, when 236 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
236
In 2025*
56 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,225 babies have been given the name since 1977. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Pranav by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,044. The largest share of babies named Pranav, 65.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#18,48028
1990s#5,359358
2000s#2,0442,010
2010s#2,7781,426
2020s#4,635398
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–963.7%
Generation Z 1997–1265.7%
2013 and later30.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Pranav is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Pranav has been most common in New Jersey (4.7×), California (2.8×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.51×).

3,010 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Pranav

#3,634 Kristan · 5,620#3,636 Aryana · 5,617#3,638 Lesli · 5,613#3,639 Annelise · 5,609

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pranav, most common first.

#19,367 Pranavi · 547#36,519 Pranab · 217

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