Prateek
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Prateek is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Prateek mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Prateek a girl's or a boy's name?
Prateek is a boys' name.
How popular is Prateek in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Prateek in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prateek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Prateek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Pranav Aarav Dhruv Viraj Ravi Rishi Shiv Krish Siddharth Avi Veer Yuvraj
Names related to Prateek
More Sanskrit names
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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, “Prateek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prateek, updated 20 October 2026.