Gurbani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gur-BAH-nee
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,135 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Gurbani is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “the Guru's word”. In 2025 it ranked 1,135th for girls in the UK (31 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Gurbani mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: gur + bani
“the Guru's word”
Gurbani is the term for the hymns of the Sikh Gurus collected in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Is Gurbani a girl's or a boy's name?
Gurbani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gurbani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,135th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were named Gurbani, making it the 1,135th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th.
2025 had the most girls named Gurbani of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Gurbani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,079th in England and Wales.
Gurbani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,135 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Gurbani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Gurbani, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Gurbani in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gurbani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Gurbani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Gurnaaz, Aarvi, Anvi, Gursanjh, Anvika, Gurmehar, Khivi, Gursifat, Vaani, Pranshi, Aashvi
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Avleen, Anhad, Harleen
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, “Gurbani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gurbani, updated 20 October 2026.