Gauri

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⭐ Famous Gauri

Gauri Khan

Indian film producer and fashion designer

Choose Gauri and your child shares a first name with Gauri Khan, an Indian film producer and fashion designer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Gauri, like who?” Gauri Khan's Wikipedia article is available in 33 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 107,527 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Gauri, 15 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Gauri would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGauri first shows up in US birth records in 1979, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 46 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2005, when it reached #3,587.
• 📈Then vs nowGauri is 2.4× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 256,410 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 107,527.
• 🚀TrendGauri has climbed 79 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #7,133. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningIn Sanskrit, Gauri means “fair, bright”.

About the name Gauri

Gauri is a girl name of Indian origin meaning “fair, bright”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-uri”. US birth records list Gauri for girls from 1979 to 2025, in 36 of those 47 years. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked #3,587 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #7,133, with 15 babies.

Origin:Indian names