Gurmehar — #7202 US unisex name
74 babies named Gurmehar in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
73% of everyone ever named Gurmehar was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Gurmehar in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gurmehar
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Gurmehar between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gurmehar currently holds the #7202 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Gurmehar is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurmehar performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gurmehar shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurmehar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gurmehar 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 74 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.
Gurmehar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gurmehar popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2018
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Currently ranks #7202 among girls.
74 total births across 7 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 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gurmehar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 73% of Gurmehar's all-time total
Gurmehar decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Gurmehar's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Gurmehar by state
Where Gurmehar concentrates geographically — total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 20.3% |
15 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 20.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.3% 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, 2018–2024 (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.