Prajwal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- pruj-WUL
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Prajwal is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Prajwal mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit prajvala 'blazing, shining'
“bright, radiant”
Is Prajwal a girl's or a boy's name?
Prajwal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prajwal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Prajwal, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Prajwal in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prajwal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Prajwal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Avyaan Shivansh Viraj Veer Atharv Krishiv Dhruv Pranav Dhruva Devansh
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Prajwal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prajwal, updated 20 October 2026.