Gokul — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gokul

The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Gokul between 1996 and 2009, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gokul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gokul performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gokul shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gokul 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 82 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.