Gurtaj — #7122 US boys' name
130 babies named Gurtaj in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Gurtaj was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Gurtaj in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gurtaj
The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Gurtaj between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurtaj currently holds the #7122 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurtaj performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gurtaj shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurtaj in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gurtaj 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 130 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.
Gurtaj at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gurtaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2017)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #7122 among boys.
130 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 19 births in a single year.
Gurtaj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 78 births that decade — 60% of Gurtaj's all-time total
Gurtaj decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gurtaj's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Gurtaj by state
Where Gurtaj concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 32.3% |
42 of 130 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 32.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 32.3% 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, 2010–2024 (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.