How Many People Are Named Gautam?
people named Gautam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 493,196 people in the US has this name
Based on 712 babies named Gautam in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern form of GAUTAMA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gautam in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gautam alive today is about 23 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gautam first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2008, to 28 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gautam has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,814, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #7,841.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,841 |
| Best rank | #2,814 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,228 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gautam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gautam were born in California than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gautam was given about 6 times as often in California.
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