# Prabal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prabal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “powerful”, “mighty” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रबल (prabala, “powerful, mighty”).

## What it means

Prabal is grouped under strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 13,546 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: प्रबल

## People named Prabal

- Prabal Gurung, American fashion designer (born 1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.