Guhan
Boy · GOO-han · Sanskrit
Guhan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “secret, hidden one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Guhan mean?
Sanskrit: Tamil form of Guha
“secret, hidden one”
Guha is a name of the god Murugan, and of the boatman king who ferries Rama across the Ganges in the Ramayana.
- Say it
- GOO-han
Is Guhan a girl's or a boy's name?
Guhan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Guhan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 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, 21 boys in the US were named Guhan, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had the most boys named Guhan of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Guhan in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Guhan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
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