Param
Boy · PUH-rum · Sanskrit
Param is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “supreme, highest”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Param mean?
Sanskrit: from parama, used by Sikhs and Hindus
“supreme, highest”
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- PUH-rum
Is Param a girl's or a boy's name?
Param is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Param in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Param, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Param in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Param in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Param in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Param, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer boys named Param than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Param in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Param in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Param
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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