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Origin & history of Ganesh1
Bengali / Hindi / Indian / Kannada / Malayalam / Marathi / Nepali / Sanskrit / Tamil / Telugu roots
Ganesh comes from the Bengali / Hindi / Indian / Kannada / Malayalam / Marathi / Nepali / Sanskrit / Tamil / Telugu tradition, meaning God of the multitude.
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How popular is Ganesh?
1993
peak year
Today, Ganesh is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #11030), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1993, 14 babies were given the name (ranked #4315 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. In all, around 290 babies have been registered as Ganesh since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
14
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #4,315)
(ranked #4,315)
6
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
60
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
290
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Ganesh9
Life path number
The Humanitarian
Compassion, wisdom and humanitarianism.
🌍Humanitarian
🎨Creative
🌟Wise
💝Loving
G7
A1
N5
E5
S1
H8
Sum: 27 → Life path 9
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Personality of Ganesh🌍
Compassionate soul
They carry the weight of the world with grace.
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Richly creative
Deep feeling translates into deep art.
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Old soul wisdom
They've always seemed wiser than their years.
💝
Unconditional love
Their love is vast and forgiving.
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Names that combine with GaneshSibling pairings that share the timeless, classic energy of Ganesh.
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