Naresh
Naresh is a masculine given name popularly used among Hindus.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Punjabi
Meaning & Origin of Naresh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Naresh is a masculine given name popularly used among Hindus.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Punjabi
The Story of Naresh
American parents first put Naresh on the record books as a baby boy name in 1981, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 9 Nareshs were born — ranking #6,100 that year. About 44% of every Naresh on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Naresh last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 80 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Naresh
Naresh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Naresh's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #6,100. Use the chart and map above to compare Naresh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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