Ghassan — #5726 US boys' name
396 babies named Ghassan in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Ghassan was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Ghassan in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ghassan
The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Ghassan between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ghassan currently holds the #5726 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ghassan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ghassan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ghassan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ghassan 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 396 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.
Ghassan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ghassan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2016)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #5726 among boys.
396 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 19 births in a single year.
Ghassan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 120 births that decade — 30% of Ghassan's all-time total
Ghassan decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ghassan's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Ghassan by state
Where Ghassan concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.5% |
6 of 396 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.