Pradeep
Pradeep is a Diya lamp, used in Puja in Hinduism, Jainism, & Buddhism. It is related to the name Pradip.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Malayalam
Meaning & Origin of Pradeep
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pradeep is a Diya lamp, used in Puja in Hinduism, Jainism, & Buddhism. It is related to the name Pradip.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Tamil
- Nepali
The Story of Pradeep
The earliest SSA record of Pradeep as a baby boy name dates back to 1981, when 5 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Pradeep — #4,593 in the national rankings. About 46% of every Pradeep on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Pradeep last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 63 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Pradeep
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Pradeep. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Pradip
Names that sound like Pradeep
Phonetically similar names — useful when Pradeep is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Priddy
- Preddy
- Predy
- Prety
- Parady
- Prodi
- Preedy
- Proddy
- Pratap
- Pretty
- Prideaux
- Pretti
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Pradeep
Pradeep is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 63 births in the dataset. Pradeep's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #4,593. Use the chart and map above to compare Pradeep'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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