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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Gibson has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Gibson
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #691 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 2010–2018
- 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
- 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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 176,105 of them was named Gibson, which outranked 46.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,711Zuzu11
- #9,711Zyann11
- #9,711Zyion11
- #10,429Gibson10
- #10,429Aailyah10
- #10,429Aaira10
- #10,429Aaleeyah10
- #11,257Aalani9
- #11,257Aaliyan9
- #11,257Aaniya9
Tied with 827 names at #10,429; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 7,588 of them was named Gibson, which outranked 94.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).