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
0%100%Median name50%49%
Gurmehar vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Gurmehar's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
16
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
681012141618 20182019202020212022202320242025 12

Gurmehar popularity over time - boys

16 total births recorded since 2017 (Gurmehar as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 16 births
4.555.566.5 201720182023 6

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (77% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Gurmehar by state

Where Gurmehar concentrates geographically, total births since 2018

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Gurmehar
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
15 17.4%
California share of Gurmehar's total US births 17.4%

15 of 86 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gurmehar?
Gurmehar has been given to 86 babies in the U.S. since 2018, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,814 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #8,811 of 17,297. 16 babies were born in 2024, its single highest year.
Where does Gurmehar sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Gurmehar most popular?
Gurmehar was most popular in the 2020s decade with 66 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Gurmehar most popular?
The top states for the name Gurmehar are California (15 births).
Is Gurmehar a unisex name?
Yes, Gurmehar is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 86 births, and as a boy's name it has 16 births.
How long has the name Gurmehar been used?
Gurmehar has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 8 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Gurmehar?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gurleen, Gurnoor, Gurtha, Gurpreet, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

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.

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.