Gautam — #8445 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gautam

The Social Security Administration has registered 702 babies named Gautam between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gautam currently holds the #8445 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gautam performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 209 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gautam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gautam in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gautam in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 702 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.