Prahlad

Boys' name

Form of Prahlada

Prahlad has been given to 59 babies in the U.S. since 2004. 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 2004, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Prahlad, 2019

1 in 434,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Prahlad: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Prahlada

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Prahlad means

Prahlad is a form of Prahlada.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Prahlad is used in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Odia.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Prahlada.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 59 boys were recorded with the name Prahlad between 2004 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2004; its best national rank was #8,717 in 2004.

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 Prahlad?

Prahlad had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 434,000; 8 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 224,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 300,847 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Prahlad 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 2019 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 300,847 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Prahlad. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Prahlads were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Prahlad was born before 2011 — so the typical Prahlad is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 64.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 59; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 64.4% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Prahlad 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 2004 (8)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,717; 2004

Prahlad around the world

Where Prahlad 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.

South Australia
2002–2002
#606
in 2002

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Prahlad 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: #8,717; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 8 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 59
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Prahlad

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

Pragyan Pranith Prajwal Pransh Prakash Pradeep Prather Praxton Praneel Pradyun Pranshu Prathik Pranesh Prayer Prashiv Prabhav Pratyush Pradyumna Pranish Pratham Pravin Prayan Prayash Pranjal

Sibling names for Prahlad

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

Iyanna Charlize Jasmyn Kya Elyssa Shreya Anastacia Jaci

For a brother

Kadin Alexandro Lazaro Reagan Braulio Alexandre Johnpaul Mikel

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