Gautam
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Gautam is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Gautam mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gautam a girl's or a boy's name?
Gautam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gautam in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gautam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gautam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
How popular is Gautam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Gautam, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Gautam than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Gautam in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gautam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
Names like Gautam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Arjun Shivam Yuvraj Vikram Bodhi Vihaan Aryan Arjan Shivansh Dhruv Agam
Names related to Gautam
More Sanskrit names
Maya Arya Lila Rohan Kali Opal Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda India Avani Rudra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gautam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gautam, updated 20 October 2026.