Poonam is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “full moon.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Poonam belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “full moon” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Poonam first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3911 in 1983, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 260 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Poonam means “full moon” in its Indian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Poonam is a girl name.
Poonam comes from the Hindu & Indian tradition.
Poonam first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #3911 in 1983, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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