Puneet

Popularity Trends

The name Puneet is the #7,416 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 323 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,553 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 163 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,426 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 160 births since 1975.

Puneet first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Puneet is available in 33 out of the 41 years between 1975 and 2015 (23 years for girls and 22 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Puneet is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2015, 100.0% of babies named Puneet were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (64.3% boys from 1975 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (67.1% girls from 2000 to 2015).

For girls, Puneet reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #977) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.

For boys, Puneet reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #747) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Puneet".

1975 2015 19752015

Key Statistics

Total Births

163

Peak Births

Peak Year

2008

First Recorded

1987

Peak Percentile

0.7%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#977

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

160

Peak Births

Peak Year

1989

First Recorded

1975

Peak Percentile

1.3%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#747

Current Rank

—

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Puneet", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Puneet.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Puneet's popularity from 1972 to 2018 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Puneet at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Puneet range from Jasmin at 89.5% correlation to Alexsandra at 88.2% correlation, with an average correlation level of 88.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Alyssa with 313.5K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Keirstin with 547 births (100% girls).

Puneet's share of births peaked at 9.6 births per million in 1998 (5.8 for girls in 2008 and 6.2 for boys in 1989). It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (26% of peak) in 1991. In 2015, the most recent period with data, the name Puneet had 4.1 births per million, 43% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Jasmin

45.3k

89.49% (very strong)

Alysa

7,027

89.34% (very strong)

Thania

1,412

88.91% (very strong)

Keirstin

547

88.90% (very strong)

Keara

4,757

88.86% (very strong)

Kailie

1,318

88.66% (very strong)

Jarius

1,774

88.55% (very strong)

Alyssa

313.5k

88.45% (very strong)

Tanasia

1,222

88.41% (very strong)

Kyrsten

1,994

88.27% (very strong)

Kyera

599

88.27% (very strong)

Alexsandra

2,410

88.15% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Puneet

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Puneet. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 63.6% confident that Puneet is pronounced as pue-NEET, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is poo-NEET, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

63.6%

20.5%

9.1%

6.8%

pue-NEET (2 syllables)

Verified

63.6% confidence

P UW0 N IY1 T

poo-NEET (2 syllables)

20.5% confidence

P UH0 N IY1 T

puh-NEET (2 syllables)

9.1% confidence

P AH0 N IY1 T

PUE-neet (2 syllables)

6.8% confidence

P UW1 N IY0 T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like P UW0 N IY1 T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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