Boys' name · since 2020
Gurniwaz
47 babies named Gurniwaz in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,699 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
47 babies have been named Gurniwaz since 2020, making it today's #4699 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gurniwaz has been recorded 47 times among boys since 2020, currently ranked #4699 nationally and more common than 66% of boys, 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 2020 to 2025.
- #22,585 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,699 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gurniwaz ranks #22,585 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,699 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 47 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,585 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,699 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gurniwaz's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Gurniwaz compares
47 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Gurniwaz's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gurniwaz | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gurniwaz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gurniwaz's full recorded timeline at 2024, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gurniwaz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Gurniwaz by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Gurniwaz's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Gurniwaz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (100% of all-time use).
Gurniwaz by state
Where Gurniwaz concentrates geographically, total births since 2020
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 25.5% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 10.6% |
12 of 47 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Gurniwazs (12 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 Gurniwaz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2020–2025 (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 Gurniwaz 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.