# Pradeep (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pradeep/  
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 | “lamp” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 63 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 63 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रदीप (pradīpa, “lamp”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 5 | 7,014 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,894 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,032 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,837 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,664 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,987 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,201 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,830 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,684 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,336 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: प्रदीप

## People named Pradeep

- Pradeep Kumar Sinha, 31st Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India

## 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.