Given name
Prahlad
“filled with joy”
Prahlad is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “filled with joy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Prahlad through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 8 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 boys is 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 243 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.
People named Prahlad
- Prahlad JaniIndian Sadhu (1929-2020)
- Pralhad Keshav AtreIndian writer (1898-1969)
- Prahlad Shindesinger from Maharashtra1933–2004
- Prahlad Singh PatelIndian politicianborn 1960
- Prahlad FriedmanAmerican poker player and rapperborn 1978
- Prahlad Kumar SethiIndian physician
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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