Unisex name · since 2018
Gurmehar
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Gurmehar, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,811 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gurmehar currently ranks #8811 among unisex names in America, with 86 babies recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gurmehar has been recorded 86 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #8811 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #28,814 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,811 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gurmehar ranks #28,814 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,811 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 86 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,814 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,811 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gurmehar's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Gurmehar compares
86 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Gurmehar's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gurmehar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gurmehar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gurmehar splits its recorded history at 2022: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (8 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gurmehar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #8811 among girls.
86 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 16 births in a single year.
Gurmehar popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2017 (Gurmehar as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gurmehar accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gurmehar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Gurmehar's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Gurmehar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (77% of all-time use).
Gurmehar decade highlights
- Peak decade 66 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Gurmehar by state
Where Gurmehar concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 17.4% |
15 of 86 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 17.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Gurmehar's data
- California records the most Gurmehars (15 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 Gurmehar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Gurmehar 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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