Boys' name · since 2000
Gohan
589 babies named Gohan in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,870 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 589
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gohan is the #2870 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 589 recorded since 2000.
Gohan has 589 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2870 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #7,149 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,870 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 589 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gohan ranks #7,149 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,870 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 589 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,149 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,870 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 589
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gohan's 589 recorded births place it above 84.27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Gohan compares
589 Top 41% higher than 59% of 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
Gohan's all-time total is 60% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gohan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 589 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gohan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gohan's full recorded timeline at 2013, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 56 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gohan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Gohan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (268 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Gohan's strongest decade.
268 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Gohan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 92
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
229 births
- 2020s
2020s
268 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 268 births (46% of all-time use).
How Gohan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Gohan's total volume
Gohan by state
Where Gohan concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 90 | 15.3% |
| #2 | California | | 69 | 11.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 14 | 2.4% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
90 of 589 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Gohans (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Gohan
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Gohan
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gohan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Gohan 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.