Gowtham
Gowtham is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Krishnappa Gowtham, Indian cricketer Gowtham Sundararajan, Indian actor and choreographer
Meaning & Origin of Gowtham
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gowtham is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Krishnappa Gowtham, Indian cricketer Gowtham Sundararajan, Indian actor and choreographer
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The Story of Gowtham
The earliest SSA record of Gowtham as a baby boy name dates back to 2007, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Gowtham — #8,038 in the national rankings. About 76% of every Gowtham on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Gowtham last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 66 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gowtham
Gowtham is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 66 births in the dataset. Gowtham's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,038. Use the chart and map above to compare Gowtham's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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