Pranav

Where Pranav comes from

Pranav hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #5,845 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Pranav Mistry born
    Indian computer scientist
  3. 1990
    Pranav Mohanlal born
    Indian actor
  4. 2004
    Peak, #767
    236 babies named Pranav — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,648.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Pranav Mistry · Indian computer scientist, born 1981
  • Pranav Mohanlal · Indian actor, born 1990
  • Pranav Chopra · Indian badminton player, born 1992
  • Pranav Soorma · Indian Para athlete, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.