Naresh

Boys' name

Lord of men

Naresh has been given to 80 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Naresh, 2005

1 in 769,000

Naresh over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Naresh: meaning, origin, and history

Lord of men

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Naresh means

Naresh means “lord of men”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Naresh is used in Hindi, Marathi and Punjabi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 80 boys were recorded with the name Naresh between 1981 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1997; its best national rank was #6,150 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Naresh?

Naresh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2005: 1 in 769,000; 5 of 3,844,258 births
Among boys only: 1 in 399,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2005: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,928 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Naresh sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Naresh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nareshs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Naresh was born before 1997 — so the typical Naresh is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 43.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 80; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 43.8% of all recorded uses (35).

Is Naresh rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1997 (9)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,150; 1982

Spellings of Naresh

Naresh is not the most common spelling — Nash is, with 47.1% against Naresh's 0.17%.

Nash47.1%22,439
Ares17.4%8,284
Gareth9.2%4,389
Aarush6.4%3,060
Jareth4.4%2,076
Fares2.2%1,063
Darsh2.2%1,024
Arash2.0%973

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Naresh around the world

Where Naresh ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–1998
#2,901
in 1998
Canada
1994–1994
#1,715
in 1994

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Naresh by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,150; 1982
Peak year: 1997; 9 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 80
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Naresh

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Naresh

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Dasia Yasmeen Bryana Star Iman Cydney Kalie Reilly

For a brother

Samual Stephon Austyn Claudio Demarco Marquez Dontae Ronaldo

Explore around Naresh

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