Pradeep

Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Pradip

Pradeep has been given to 63 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 1982, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Pradeep, 2002

1 in 623,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pradeep: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Pradip

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Pradeep means

Pradeep is a alternate transcription of Pradip.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Pradeep is used in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Nepali.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Pradip.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 63 boys were recorded with the name Pradeep between 1981 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1982; its best national rank was #4,892 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 Pradeep?

Pradeep had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 623,000; 6 of 3,737,275 births
Among boys only: 1 in 323,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 431,748 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Pradeep 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 2002 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 431,748 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pradeep. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pradeeps were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pradeep was born before 1991 — so the typical Pradeep is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 46.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 63; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 46.0% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Pradeep 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 1982 (8)
Years since peak: 43; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,892; 1982

Pradeep around the world

Where Pradeep 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
1997–1997
#2,859
in 1997

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

Pradeep 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: #4,892; 1982
Peak year: 1982; 8 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 63
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Pradeep

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

Pragyan Prabhdeep Prajwal Pranith Pransh Prather Prahlad Prakash Praneel Pradyun Pranshu Praxton Prathik Pranesh Prabhav Pratyush Pranish Prayer Prashiv Pratham Pradyumna Pravin Prayan Pratt

Sibling names for Pradeep

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

Eboni Lyndsay Shamika Afton Tanesha Christopher Kandi Matthew

For a brother

Jamaal Donnell Jerrod Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Dusty Marques

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