Recorded 1995–2017 Girls' name Peak 2017 40 births

Gohar — girls' name

40 babies named Gohar in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s112010s23
2010s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Gohar was born in this single decade.

2017
Single peak year

8 babies were named Gohar in 2017 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gohar

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Gohar between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gohar currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gohar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gohar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gohar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gohar 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 40 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.

Gohar at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

40

Since 1995

23 years of records

Peak year

2017

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1995

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2017

Gohar popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
456789 2017201620142011200820031995 6

Gohar by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
23 births that decade — 57% of Gohar's all-time total
1990s62000s112010s23

Gohar by state

Where Gohar concentrates geographically — total births since 1995

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Gohar
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
15 37.5%
California share of Gohar's total US births 37.5%

15 of 40 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gohar?
40 babies have been named Gohar since 1995. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2017 with 8 births.
When was Gohar most popular?
Gohar was most popular in the 2010s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Gohar most popular?
The top states for the name Gohar are California (15 births).
How long has the name Gohar been used?
Gohar has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 23 years of data through 2017.

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, 1995–2017 (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.