Recorded 2005–2023 Boys' name Peak 2010 207 births

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.

2000s612010s1152020s31
2010s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Gurshaan was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

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 2023

Total births

207

Since 2005

19 years of records

Peak year

2010

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2005

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2023

Gurshaan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2005

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2010)
20
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
0510152025 2023202020172014201120082005 15

Gurshaan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
115 births that decade — 56% of Gurshaan's all-time total
2000s612010s1152020s31

Gurshaan by state

Where Gurshaan concentrates geographically — total births since 2005

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Gurshaan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
49 23.7%
California share of Gurshaan's total US births 23.7%

49 of 207 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gurshaan?
207 babies have been named Gurshaan since 2005. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2010 with 20 births.
When was Gurshaan most popular?
Gurshaan was most popular in the 2010s decade with 115 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Gurshaan most popular?
The top states for the name Gurshaan are California (49 births).
How long has the name Gurshaan been used?
Gurshaan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 19 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Gurshaan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gurney, Gurbaaz, Gurpreet, Gurfateh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.