# Pranay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pranay/  
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 | “love”, “affection”, “romance” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 480 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 480 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 198, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रणय (praṇaya, “love, affection, romance”).

## What it means

Pranay is grouped under love.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,939 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,814 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,422 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,423 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,847 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,493 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,581 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,659 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,528 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,568 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,478 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,961 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,538 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7,157 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8,082 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20 | 1,169 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 11 | 1,911 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: प्रणय

## 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.