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Gurpreet

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Teacher, guru + pleasure, joy, love

Gurpreet has been given to 484 babies in the U.S. since 1980. 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 1995, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 64% boys, 36% girls all-time.

Babies named Gurpreet, 2008

1 in 562,000

Gurpreet over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Gurpreet over time

In 2008, Gurpreet went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19802008

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Gurpreet: meaning, origin, and history

Teacher, guru + pleasure, joy, love

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gurpreet means

Gurpreet means “teacher, guru + pleasure, joy, love”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gurpreet is used in Indian (Sikh).

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 312 boys were recorded with the name Gurpreet between 1980 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1995; its best national rank was #3,513 in 1991.

In the United States, 172 girls were recorded with the name Gurpreet between 1984 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 17 in 1996; its best national rank was #5,611 in 1996.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Gurpreet?

Gurpreet had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2008, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2008
1 in 562,000
7 of 3,930,727 births
Among boys only
1 in 291,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2008
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
389,226 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gurpreet 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 2008 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 389,226 children born in 2008 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gurpreet. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gurpreets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gurpreet was born before 1995 — so the typical Gurpreet is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
47.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
312
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Choose a decade

1990s — 47.8% of all recorded uses (149).

Is Gurpreet 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
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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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1995 (18)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,513
1991

Where Gurpreet is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Gurpreet was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 210,661 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gurpreet has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Gurpreet is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Gurpreet was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 509,271 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gurpreet has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gurpreet around the world

Where Gurpreet 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
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1994–1994
    #375
    in 1994
  • Canada
    1991–2007
    #2,479
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Gurpreet 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
#3,513
1991
Peak year
1995
18 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
312
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,611
1996
Peak year
1996
17 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2006
All-time count
172
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gurpreet

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

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Sibling names for Gurpreet

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

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