Gurman — #11536 US boys' name
189 babies named Gurman in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Gurman was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Gurman in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gurman
The Social Security Administration has registered 189 babies named Gurman between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurman currently holds the #11536 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Gurman is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gurman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gurman 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 189 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.
Gurman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gurman popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2018)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #11536 among boys.
189 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 16 births in a single year.
Gurman popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 2012 (Gurman as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Gurman accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gurman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 106 births that decade — 56% of Gurman's all-time total
Gurman decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gurman's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Gurman by state
Where Gurman concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61 | 32.3% |
61 of 189 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 32.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2000–2024 (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.