Suresh

Boys' name

Form of Suresha

Suresh has been given to 140 babies in the U.S. since 1964. 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 1979, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Suresh, 1998

1 in 735,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Suresh: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Suresha

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Suresh means

Suresh is a form of Suresha.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Suresha.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 140 boys were recorded with the name Suresh between 1964 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1979; its best national rank was #3,025 in 1964.

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 Suresh?

Suresh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1998, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1998: 1 in 735,000; 5 of 3,677,189 births
Among boys only: 1 in 382,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1998: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 509,768 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Suresh 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 1998 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 509,768 children born in 1998 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Suresh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sureshs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Suresh was born before 1976 — so the typical Suresh is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 54.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 140; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 54.3% of all recorded uses (76).

Is Suresh 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 1979 (11)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,025; 1964

Suresh around the world

Where Suresh 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
1998–2009
#4,527
in 2009
South Australia
1977–2007
#680
in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Suresh 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: #3,025; 1964
Peak year: 1979; 11 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 1998
All-time count: 140
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Suresh

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

Surafel Suren Suryansh Devesh Suriel Mitesh Nikesh Vignesh Dinesh Ritesh Sarvesh Nilesh Ramesh Avneesh Suraj Surya Mahesh Naresh Jayesh Hitesh Aneesh Avaneesh Ganesh Nimesh

Sibling names for Suresh

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

Bambi Mellissa Latosha Adria Lani Malissa Lindy Charissa

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Reggie Torrey Jed Wilfredo

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