Recorded 1990–2018 Boys' name Peak 2004 178 births

Gurjot — boys' name

178 babies named Gurjot in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s222000s872010s69
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Gurjot was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

14 babies were named Gurjot in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gurjot

The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Gurjot between 1990 and 2018, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurjot currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurjot performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gurjot shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurjot in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gurjot 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 178 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.

Gurjot at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

178

Since 1990

29 years of records

Peak year

2004

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1990

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2018

Gurjot popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1990

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2004)
14
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
46810121416 20182015201220092006200320001990 6

Gurjot popularity over time — girls

6 total births recorded since 2014 (Gurjot as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 6 births
6 2014 6

Gurjot by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
87 births that decade — 49% of Gurjot's all-time total
1990s222000s872010s69

Gurjot by state

Where Gurjot concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Gurjot
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
44 24.7%
California share of Gurjot's total US births 24.7%

44 of 178 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gurjot?
178 babies have been named Gurjot since 1990. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2004 with 14 births.
When was Gurjot most popular?
Gurjot was most popular in the 2000s decade with 87 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Gurjot most popular?
The top states for the name Gurjot are California (44 births).
How long has the name Gurjot been used?
Gurjot has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 29 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Gurjot?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gurney, Gurbaaz, Gurpreet, Gurfateh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1990–2018 (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.