Pradyumna
Pradyumna is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his wife Rukmini. He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Pradyumna was the reincarnation of Kamadeva, the god of love. The Mahabharata states that Pradyumna was a portion of Sanat Kumara.
Meaning & Origin of Pradyumna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pradyumna is the eldest son of the Hindu deities Krishna and his wife Rukmini. He is considered to be one of the four vyuha avatars of Vishnu. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Pradyumna was the reincarnation of Kamadeva, the god of love. The Mahabharata states that Pradyumna was a portion of Sanat Kumara.
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The Story of Pradyumna
The earliest SSA record of Pradyumna as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 5 babies received it. 2009 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Pradyumna — #9,864 in the national rankings. About 36% of every Pradyumna on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Pradyumna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Pradyumna
Pradyumna is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Pradyumna's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #9,864. Use the chart and map above to compare Pradyumna'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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