Paras
Boy · PAH-rus · Sanskrit
Paras is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “philosopher's stone”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Paras mean?
Sanskrit: via Hindi paras 'philosopher's stone', from Sanskrit sparsha 'touch'
“philosopher's stone”
In Indian legend the paras stone turns iron into gold at a touch.
- Say it
- PAH-rus
Is Paras a girl's or a boy's name?
Paras is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paras in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Paras, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Paras than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Paras in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Paras in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
How popular is Paras in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Paras in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Paras in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Paras
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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