# Prem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prem/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “love”, “affection” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 547 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 547 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 270, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रे॒मन् (premán, “love, affection”).

## What it means

Prem 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 | 15 | 5,879 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,815 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,851 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,226 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,461 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,655 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,878 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,737 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,332 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,793 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,075 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,759 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,402 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,091 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Prem

- Prem Tinsulanonda, former Regent of Thailand (1920-2019)

## 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.