How Many People Are Named Ganesh?
people named Ganesh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,207,720 people in the US has this name
Based on 291 babies named Ganesh in Social Security records from 1977 to 2021, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern form of GANESHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ganesh in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ganesh alive today is about 25 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ganesh first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 1993, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2021.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2021
🏆 Rank History
Ganesh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,308, in 1993.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,308 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,995 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ganesh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ganesh were born in New York than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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