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Pradyumna

#11,662 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Pradyumna has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #11,662 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Pradyumna, 2025

1 in 553,000

Pradyumna over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pradyumna: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Pradyumna means

Pradyumna is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pradyumna is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 boys were recorded with the name Pradyumna between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2009; its best national rank was #10,679 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,561 in 2020 to #11,662 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,542 in 2015 to #11,662 in 2025.

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 Pradyumna?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,662
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pradyumna 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Pradyumna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pradyumnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Pradyumna was born before 2019 — so the typical Pradyumna is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
41.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
39
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Choose a decade

2020s — 41.0% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Pradyumna 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,899
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,880
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
85.7%
Peak was 2009 (7)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#10,679
2009

Pradyumna by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,662
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,899
Best rank ever
#10,679
2009
Peak year
2009
7 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
39
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Pradyumna

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

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Sibling names for Pradyumna

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

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