Gautham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GOW-tum
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Gautham is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “descendant of Gotama”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Gautham mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Gautam, from Gautama
“descendant of Gotama”
A South Indian spelling of Gautam, from Gautama, the clan name of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.
Is Gautham a girl's or a boy's name?
Gautham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gautham in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gautham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gautham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Gautham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Gautham, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Gautham in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gautham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Gautham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Yuvraj, Shivansh, Veer, Shivam, Avyaan, Krishiv, Dhruv, Viraj, Arjan, Aviraj
Names related to Gautham
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India, Avani
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, “Gautham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gautham, updated 20 October 2026.