How rare is the name Gaurav?

4,525 people in the United States have the first name Gaurav, about 1 in 66,747. It ranks #4,212 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GAURAV

#4,212

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,525
About
1 in 66,747
This common or more
83.7%
Who bears it

Of the 4,525 people named Gaurav, 96.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.8% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gaurav peaked in 2003, when 36 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
36
In 2025*
5 ▼86%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 714 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gaurav by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #7,949. The largest share of babies named Gaurav, 51.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#18,25816
1980s#7,949142
1990s#8,901174
2000s#8,564252
2010s#15,453114
2020s#29,08216
Generation X 1965–803.4%
Millennials 1981–9634%
Generation Z 1997–1251.5%
2013 and later11.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Gaurav

#4,209 Millard · 4,529#4,209 Sherie · 4,529#4,213 Geronimo · 4,524#4,214 Jerilyn · 4,523

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