Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gautam

#5,903 most common boys' name of all time · #14,689 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#5,903
Rank overall
#14,689 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
712
Since 2016
121
Peak year
2008 #3,784
Best rank
#2,874 1979
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Gautam first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,819
2024 — 9 9 #8,488
2023 — 6 6 #11,128
2022 — 9 9 #8,489
2021 — 9 9 #8,345
2020 — 16 16 #5,530
2019 — 11 11 #7,311
2018 — 14 14 #6,139
2017 — 16 16 #5,623
2016 — 21 21 #4,688
2015 — 17 17 #5,365
2014 — 23 23 #4,311
2013 — 21 21 #4,523
2012 — 20 20 #4,745
2011 — 19 19 #4,876
2010 — 24 24 #4,157
2009 — 23 23 #4,341
2008 — 28 28 #3,784
2007 — 16 16 #5,519
2006 — 21 21 #4,443
2005 — 22 22 #4,117
2004 — 14 14 #5,628
2003 — 18 18 #4,518
2002 — 19 19 #4,251
2001 — 23 23 #3,664
2000 — 25 25 #3,361
1999 — 12 12 #5,446
1998 — 13 13 #5,000
1997 — 11 11 #5,447
1996 — 14 14 #4,488
1995 — 12 12 #4,956
1994 — 7 7 #7,293
1993 — 12 12 #4,860
1992 — 17 17 #3,688
1991 — 11 11 #4,948
1990 — 10 10 #5,198
1989 — 7 7 #6,605
1988 — 9 9 #5,023
1987 — 5 5 #7,505
1986 — 6 6 #6,387
1985 — 5 5 #7,092
1984 — 9 9 #4,451
1983 — 9 9 #4,407
1982 — 10 10 #4,171
1981 — 8 8 #4,829
1980 — 12 12 #3,583
1979 — 16 16 #2,874
1978 — 6 6 #5,529
1977 — 7 7 #4,976
1975 — 9 9 #3,906
1974 — 6 6 #5,089
1973 — 7 7 #4,450
1972 — 8 8 #3,945