Boys' name · since 1996
Gokul
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Gokul, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,714 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gokul is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 82 have been recorded since 1996.
Gokul has 82 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2009.
- #18,714 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 82 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gokul ranks #18,714 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,714 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gokul's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gokul's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gokul's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gokul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2009
- Peak year (2000)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Gokul by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 87% of the file).
2000s was Gokul's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Gokul births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gokul: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2009 (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 Gokul 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.