Unisex name · since 1949
Gudalupe
27 babies named Gudalupe in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #42,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Gudalupe is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1949.
Gudalupe has 27 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 1999.
- #42,212 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1949
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gudalupe ranks #42,212 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1949, peaking in the 1990s.
- #42,212 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1949
- 1990s
- peak decade
Gudalupe's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Gudalupe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gudalupe's full recorded timeline at 1994, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gudalupe popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1999
- Peak year (1949)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1999.
27 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 6 births in a single year.
Gudalupe popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1961 (Gudalupe as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gudalupe accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gudalupe by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (21 births, 78% of the file).
1990s was Gudalupe's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Gudalupe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 21 births (78% of all-time use).
Gudalupe decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Gudalupe by state
Where Gudalupe concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 18.5% |
5 of 27 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- California records the most Gudalupes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gudalupe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1949–1999 (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 Gudalupe 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.
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