Parag

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Parag has been given to 199 babies in the U.S. since 1969. 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 1975, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Parag, 1993

1 in 754,000

Parag 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Parag: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Parag means

Parag is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Parag is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 199 boys were recorded with the name Parag between 1969 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1975; its best national rank was #2,719 in 1975.

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.

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How common is Parag?

Parag had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 754,000; 5 of 3,768,729 births
Among boys only: 1 in 392,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 522,458 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Parag 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 1993 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 522,458 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Parag. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Parags were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Parag was born before 1978 — so the typical Parag is around 47 today.

Median birth year: 1978; About 47 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 199; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Parag 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 1975 (15)
Years since peak: 50; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,719; 1975

Spellings of Parag

Parag is not the most common spelling — Paris is, with 18.7% against Parag's 0.40%.

Paris18.7%9,260
Aarav16.5%8,209
Sarah6.7%3,340
Aram6.7%3,310
Jarad4.4%2,178
Parth4.4%2,173
Taran4.2%2,073
Park3.3%1,637

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.

Parag 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: #2,719; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 15 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 199
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Parag

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

Param Parin Parsa Parv Paras Parson Parley Parks Parthiv Parry Parish Parvin Parth Parke Partick Park Parris Parx Pars Anurag Paresh Paris Partha Pardeep

Sibling names for Parag

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

Cary Karie Brandee Sunshine Kisha Ami Susannah Misti

For a brother

Giuseppe Abdul Demond Andrea Jamey Chadwick Torrey Federico

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