Gohan is the Japanese word for "cooked rice" or simply "a meal", and as a name it comes straight from Son Gohan, the son of Goku in the Dragon Ball manga and anime. American parents who grew up with the series in the 1990s and 2000s have given it to their own sons. In the United States Gohan has climbed steadily from around number 3900 in 2015 to number 2453 in 2024 and sits at number 2851 in 2025.