Boys' name · since 2007
Gowtham
66 babies named Gowtham in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,211 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gowtham is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 66 have been recorded since 2007.
Gowtham has 66 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2020.
- #20,211 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 66 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gowtham ranks #20,211 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,211 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 66
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gowtham's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gowtham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gowtham's full recorded timeline at 2015, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gowtham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2020
- Peak year (2015)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Gowtham by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Gowtham's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Gowtham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Gowtham's decade-level peak was the 2010s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Gowtham
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gowtham: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2007–2020 (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 Gowtham 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.