Recorded 2007–2020 Boys' name Peak 2015 66 births

Gowtham — boys' name

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.

2000s112010s502020s5
2010s
Peak decade

76% of everyone ever named Gowtham was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

9 babies were named Gowtham in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gowtham

The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Gowtham between 2007 and 2020, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gowtham currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gowtham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gowtham shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gowtham 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 66 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.

Gowtham at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

66

Since 2007

14 years of records

Peak year

2015

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2007

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2020

Gowtham popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2007

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2015)
9
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
45678910 20202019201820172016201520142012201120082007 5

Gowtham by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
50 births that decade — 76% of Gowtham's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gowtham?
66 babies have been named Gowtham since 2007. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2015 with 9 births.
When was Gowtham most popular?
Gowtham was most popular in the 2010s decade with 50 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Gowtham been used?
Gowtham has been recorded in Social Security data since 2007, spanning 14 years of data through 2020.

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, 2007–2020 (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.