Gurkirat — boys' name
78 babies named Gurkirat in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Gurkirat was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Gurkirat in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gurkirat
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Gurkirat between 1995 and 2023, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurkirat currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Gurkirat is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 24 additional births since 2014.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurkirat performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gurkirat shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurkirat in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gurkirat 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 78 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.
Gurkirat at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gurkirat popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1995
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
78 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 13 births in a single year.
Gurkirat popularity over time — girls
24 total births recorded since 2014 (Gurkirat as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Gurkirat accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gurkirat by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32 births that decade — 41% of Gurkirat's all-time total
Gurkirat decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gurkirat's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Gurkirat by state
Where Gurkirat concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 7.7% |
6 of 78 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1995–2023 (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.