Pranay

Pranay was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales.

Pranay as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Pranay as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Pranay as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#7,679 (10)#2,269 (10)
2024#6,832 (12)#3,255 (6)
2023#8,921 (8)—
2022#10,863 (6)—
2021#8,825 (8)—
2020#12,022 (5)—
2019#8,889 (8)#4,702 (3)
2018#8,154 (9)#3,959 (4)
2017#6,338 (13)#3,996 (4)
2016#5,318 (17)#4,023 (4)
2015#4,711 (20)#2,150 (10)
2014#7,048 (11)#3,895 (4)
2013#7,026 (11)#2,954 (6)
2012#4,686 (20)#3,039 (6)
2011#4,822 (19)#1,788 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #3,633.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Pranay is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 78,000 to 1 in 250,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.