Paras
#9,914 most common boys' name of all time · #25,066 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2024
Rank among boys
#9,914
Rank overall
#25,066 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
284
Since 2016
24
Peak year
1990 #3,920
Best rank
#3,920 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Paras first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,279 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,684 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,967 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,609 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,041 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,281 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,135 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,444 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,634 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,812 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,861 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,989 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,777 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,207 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,546 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,192 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,652 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,921 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,505 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,396 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,294 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,885 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,882 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,343 |
| 1990 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,920 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,017 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,072 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,309 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,731 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,873 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,949 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,531 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,054 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,958 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,512 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,259 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,261 |