Names / Boy names
Prem
Current rank
#7,091
holding steady
All-time peak
#3,257
in 1999
First recorded
1976
in U.S. data
Children named
547
since 1976
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,257 in 1999 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(Sanskrit, Hindi): love. It was first recorded in American naming data in 1976. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 547 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.