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.
- #20,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,224 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gagan is the #11224 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 1997.
Gagan has 68 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11224 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, 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.
- #20,010 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,224 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gagan ranks #20,010 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,224 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,010 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,224 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gagan's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gagan compares
68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gagan's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gagan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
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 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
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 59% of the file).
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).
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- 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gagan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.