Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Parul through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,330 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Parul’s family of names
In French usage, Parul has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form पारुल.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Parul
- Parul ParmarIndian para-badminton playerborn 1973
- Parul ChaudharyIndian 10,000m and steeplechaserborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Parul, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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