# Preet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/preet/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “love”, “affection”, “fondness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 236 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 148 / 88 (37% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 241, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रीत (prīta, “love, affection, fondness”).

## What it means

Preet 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | 12,916 |
| 1995 | 8 | 10,257 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,233 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,298 |
| 1998 | 6 | 13,695 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,842 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,507 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,517 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13,183 |
| 2011 | 10 | 11,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,806 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,230 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,488 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 5,986 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,275 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,986 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,697 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12,001 |
| 2008 | 13 | 6,672 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,652 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,450 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,823 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,724 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,780 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,353 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,648 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,506 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: प्रीत

## People named Preet

- Preet Bharara, American lawyer and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
- Preet Kaur Gill, British politician and Labour MP (born 1972)

## 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.