Given name
Pratik
“a sign or symbol”
Pratik is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a sign or symbol.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a sign or symbol.”
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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pratik through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 558
- 558 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,278 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.
Pratik’s family of names
In English usage, Pratik has a related form in Prateek. In English usage, Pratik has a related form in Prateek. Pratik has a related form in Prateak.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Pratik
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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