Prem

Where Prem comes from

From Sanskrit प्रे॒मन् (premán, “love, affection”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Prem
Along the way
  1. 1976
    First appearance
    #5,587 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1999
    Peak, #3,182
    25 babies named Prem — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,803.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Prem hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.