Total births
68
Unisex name · since 1997
Gagan
68 babies named Gagan in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 68
- total births
- 1997–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
Gagan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 68 have been recorded since 1997.
Gagan has 68 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- 68 total births
- 1997–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 59% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
68 boys have been named Gagan since 1997, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 68
- total births
- 1997–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
59% of everyone ever named Gagan was born in this single decade.
2018
Single peak year
10 babies were named Gagan in 2018 - its busiest year on record.
Gagan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gagan's full recorded timeline at 2011, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gagan at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2018
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1997
Gagan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Gagan popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1989 (Gagan as girls' name)
Gagan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Gagan's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Gagan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (59% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gagan? ▼
Gagan has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 10 babies were born in 2018, its single highest year.
When was Gagan most popular? ▼
Gagan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
Is Gagan a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Gagan is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 68 births, and as a girl's name it has 6 births.
How long has the name Gagan been used? ▼
Gagan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 29 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Gagan? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gage, Gagandeep, Gagik. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
What to do with Gagan's data
- Gagan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Gagan: Baby Name Since 1997 - 68 Births, Peak 2018." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/gagan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gagan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.