Govinda

Boys' name

Finder of cows

Govinda has been given to 32 babies in the U.S. since 1990. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1991, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Govinda, 2015

1 in 740,000

Govinda over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Govinda: meaning, origin, and history

Finder of cows

Sanskrit

What Govinda means

Govinda means “finder of cows”, associated with Govinda.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

PIE word *gʷṓws From Sanskrit गोविन्द (Govinda, “finder of cows”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Govinda (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Govinda is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Govinda comes through Sanskrit गोविन्द.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 32 boys were recorded with the name Govinda between 1990 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1991; its best national rank was #6,787 in 1991.

How common is Govinda?

Govinda had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among boys only: 1 in 383,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Govinda sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Govinda. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Govindas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Govinda was born before 1992 — so the typical Govinda is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 68.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 84.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 32; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 68.8% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Govinda rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1991 (7)
Years since peak: 34; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,787; 1991

Govinda around the world

Where Govinda ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2023–2023
#4,992
in 2023
France
1983–1983
#2,836
in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Govinda by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,787; 1991
Peak year: 1991; 7 that year
First recorded: 1990
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 32
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Govinda

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Govinda

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

Shay Jamil Laron Paris Dejuan Coty Rico Malcom

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