Paras comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Paras - "Rock" - Formal: "Most Excellent Guard".
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How popular is Paras?
1990peak year
Today, Paras is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12126), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1990, 15 babies were given the name (ranked #3916 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. In all, around 284 babies have been registered as Paras since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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