Boys' name · since 2007
Guru
Guru has 13 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
13 boys have been named Guru since 2007, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Guru recorded 13 times among boys since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2015.
- #32,119 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 13 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Guru ranks #32,119 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,119 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 13
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Guru's 13 recorded births place it above 28.77% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Guru's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Guru splits its recorded history at 2015: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Guru popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2015
- Peak year (2015)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Guru by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Guru's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Guru births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Guru: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 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, 2007–2015 (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 Guru 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.