Gurshaan — boys' name
207 babies named Gurshaan in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Gurshaan was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Gurshaan in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gurshaan
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Gurshaan between 2005 and 2023, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurshaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurshaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gurshaan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurshaan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gurshaan 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 207 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.
Gurshaan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gurshaan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2005
- Peak year (2010)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
207 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 20 births in a single year.
Gurshaan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 56% of Gurshaan's all-time total
Gurshaan decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gurshaan's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Gurshaan by state
Where Gurshaan concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 49 | 23.7% |
49 of 207 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 23.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 23.7% 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, 2005–2023 (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.