Gopal — boys' name
92 babies named Gopal in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
28% of everyone ever named Gopal was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Gopal in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gopal
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Gopal between 1975 and 2020, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gopal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gopal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gopal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gopal 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 92 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.
Gopal at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gopal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1975
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
92 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 8 births in a single year.
Gopal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 26 births that decade — 28% of Gopal's all-time total
Gopal decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gopal's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2020 (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.