How Many People Are Named Punam?
An estimated 52 people in the United States have the first name Punam. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 40 years old, and Punam peaked in popularity in 1987 with 9 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Punam as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Punam paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Punam is exceptionally rare. Fewer than 100 people with this name are estimated to be alive in the U.S. today.
Estimated Living Americans
52
About 1 in 6,591,430 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
40
years old
Peak Year
1987
9 births
Total Registered
55
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Punam
Punam is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 55 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Punam as a female name
Ranked #14,908 in 1992
5 female births in 1992
Peak: 1987 (9 births)
Punam: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Punam span from the 1980s to the 1990s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 42 babies were registered. While Punam is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Punam by Decade
How has Punam tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Punam + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Punam as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Punam
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Punam: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Punam?
We estimate approximately 52 people named Punam are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 6,591,430 Americans share this first name.
Is Punam a common name?
Punam is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 54.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 55 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Punam most popular?
Punam reached peak popularity in 1987, when 9 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Punam is approximately 40 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Punam a female name?
Punam is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Punam Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Punam Smith, Punam Johnson, Punam Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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