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Pratyush

#11,664 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Pratyush has been given to 187 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #11,664 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Pratyush, 2025

1 in 553,000

Pratyush over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Pratyush: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Pratyush means

Pratyush is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Pratyush is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 187 boys were recorded with the name Pratyush between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #5,374 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,336 in 2020 to #11,664 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,545 in 2015 to #11,664 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Pratyush?

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
#11,664
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Pratyush 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 Pratyush. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pratyushs were born

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

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
187
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Choose a decade

2010s — 43.9% of all recorded uses (82).

Is Pratyush 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
+2,081
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,328
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,881
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.3%
Peak was 2007 (17)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
45.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,374
2007

Pratyush around the world

Where Pratyush 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
    2004–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025

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

Pratyush by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,664
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,328
Best rank ever
#5,374
2007
Peak year
2007
17 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
187
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Pratyush

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

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Sibling names for Pratyush

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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