Boys' name · since 2003
Guhan
175 babies named Guhan in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,825 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Guhan is the #4825 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 175 recorded since 2003.
Guhan has 175 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4825 as of the latest data, more common than 65% of boys, 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 2003 to 2025.
- #13,778 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,825 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guhan ranks #13,778 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,825 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 175 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,778 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,825 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Guhan's 175 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Guhan compares
175 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Guhan's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Guhan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Guhan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Guhan's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Guhan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Guhan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Guhan's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Guhan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (53% of all-time use).
Guhan by state
Where Guhan concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 175 births nationwide.
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What to do with Guhan's data
- Guhan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (55) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Guhans (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.
Keep exploring Guhan
Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Guhan
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Guhan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Guhan 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.