# Prachi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prachi/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “east” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 423 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 423 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्राची (prācī, “east”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18 | 6,696 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,739 |
| 2006 | 20 | 6,544 |
| 2007 | 27 | 5,351 |
| 2008 | 25 | 5,710 |
| 2009 | 18 | 7,279 |
| 2010 | 23 | 5,926 |
| 2011 | 19 | 6,791 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,385 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,745 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,722 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,731 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,663 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,219 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,957 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 16 | 1,573 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |

## People named Prachi

- Prachee Shah Pandya, actress

## 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.