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How popular is the name Prem?

Births per year, rank history and how many Prems are alive today.

Prem (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1127th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 42% of its peak.

The Prem you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Prems born in England and Wales are between 10 and 24, and there are at least 300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Prem - on average, only one in every 1,010 such rooms contains a Prem.

How many babies are named Prem each year?

05101520200020201996: 51997: 91998: 91999: 82000: 52001: 62002: 72003: 122004: 42005: 112006: 192007: 72008: 172009: 132010: 102011: 142012: 82013: 132014: 72015: 102016: 132017: 82018: 72019: 102020: 82021: 42022: 52023: 62024: 72025: 8actual

Where does Prem rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201997: ranked 1,3451998: ranked 1,3671999: ranked 1,5052000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 1,7992003: ranked 1,3262004: ranked 3,0092005: ranked 1,6172006: ranked 1,1272007: ranked 2,4352008: ranked 1,3432009: ranked 1,6492010: ranked 2,0362011: ranked 1,6002012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 1,7062014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 1,8042017: ranked 2,5122018: ranked 2,6932019: ranked 2,1042020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 3,9902022: ranked 3,4502023: ranked 3,1132024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 2,664

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Prem per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 19 in 2006
Prem: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Prem most popular?

Prem peaked in 2006, when 19 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Prem?

At least 300 people named Prem born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Prem?

Most living Prems are between 10 and 24; the most common age is about 19.

Is Prem becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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