Gibson
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #11,169 · #1,677 for boys in 2025, 98 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,410since 1882
Gibson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gibson has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,677 | 98 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,620 | 105 | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #1,608 | 108 |
| 2022 | — | #1,731 | 97 | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,307 | 143 |
| 2020 | — | #1,172 | 164 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #1,127 | 173 |
| 2018 | — | #975 | 213 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #920 | 230 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #923 | 230 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #947 | 220 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #856 | 259 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #823 | 262 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #850 | 250 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #910 | 222 |
| 2010 | — | #976 | 202 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #1,059 | 178 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,142 | 159 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #1,255 | 140 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #1,345 | 121 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,289 | 119 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #1,335 | 110 |
| 2003 | — | #1,400 | 95 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,543 | 80 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,572 | 76 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #1,733 | 59 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,741 | 58 |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,140 | 38 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,259 | 35 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,786 | 25 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,926 | 13 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,874 | 18 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,365 | 15 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Gibson! It came in at #691, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 57 spots since 2024 (#1,620 → #1,677)
- 505 spots since 2020 (#1,172 → #1,677)
- 730 spots since 2015 (#947 → #1,677)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #966)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 2019 (#975 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2010–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,220
- Highest: 1 in 7,220 boys born in 2013 were named Gibson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,429 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #691 in 1882, was only 1 in 14,211 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 41.8% of all boys named Gibson (2,261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #691 (1882) | #825 |
| 1890s | 14 | #725 (1897) | #888 |
| 1900s | 23 | #966 (1904) | #1,142 |
| 1910s | 124 | #1,365 (1913) | #1,771 |
| 1920s | 155 | #1,745 (1925) | #2,131 |
| 1930s | 105 | #1,777 (1932) | #2,274 |
| 1940s | 113 | #1,509 (1946) | #2,230 |
| 1950s | 118 | #2,135 (1951) | #2,370 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,987 (1965) | #2,764 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,813 (1971) | #4,325 |
| 1980s | 97 | #2,784 (1989) | #3,847 |
| 1990s | 373 | #1,733 (1999) | #2,376 |
| 2000s | 1,126 | #1,059 (2009) | #1,403 |
| 2010s | 2,261 | #823 (2013) | #931 |
| 2020s | 715 | #1,172 (2020) | #1,519 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gibson in 1904
boys
#966
7 births · 1 in 18,303 boys
Top boys' names in 1904
More about 1904
boys
128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 18,303 of them was named Gibson, which outranked 30.8% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).