Gilbert
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · #1,328 for boys in 2025, 145 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1930 · 2,119 births
- Debut · boys
- 101 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 130,148since 1880
Gilbert over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,328 | 145 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,387 | 135 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,172 | 175 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,217 | 162 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,215 | 159 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,172 | 164 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,118 | 175 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,154 | 166 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,025 | 196 | |
| 2016 | — | #958 | 215 | |
| 2015 | — | #977 | 211 | |
| 2014 | — | #893 | 241 | |
| 2013 | — | #889 | 234 | |
| 2012 | — | #989 | 201 | |
| 2011 | — | #869 | 242 | |
| 2010 | — | #829 | 258 | |
| 2009 | — | #801 | 278 | |
| 2008 | — | #731 | 316 | |
| 2007 | — | #684 | 347 | |
| 2006 | — | #661 | 347 | |
| 2005 | — | #599 | 378 | |
| 2004 | — | #560 | 409 | |
| 2003 | — | #597 | 361 | |
| 2002 | — | #593 | 351 | |
| 2001 | — | #536 | 408 | |
| 2000 | — | #527 | 419 | |
| 1999 | — | #508 | 419 | |
| 1998 | — | #507 | 420 | |
| 1997 | — | #481 | 448 | |
| 1996 | — | #467 | 467 | |
| 1995 | — | #453 | 502 | |
| 1994 | — | #446 | 505 | |
| 1993 | — | #371 | 639 | |
| 1992 | — | #379 | 611 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #354 | 684 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #341 | 725 |
| 1989 | — | #340 | 677 | |
| 1988 | — | #313 | 710 | |
| 1987 | — | #290 | 738 | |
| 1986 | — | #273 | 781 | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #296 | 687 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #268 | 776 |
| 1983 | — | #273 | 757 | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #269 | 793 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #261 | 824 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #262 | 832 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #267 | 778 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #254 | 797 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #256 | 787 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #243 | 826 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #235 | 879 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #234 | 886 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #228 | 918 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #224 | 961 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #222 | 1,063 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #214 | 1,170 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #216 | 1,107 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #199 | 1,167 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #191 | 1,267 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #193 | 1,269 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #189 | 1,347 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #183 | 1,515 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #179 | 1,631 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #184 | 1,625 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #178 | 1,710 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #175 | 1,788 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #177 | 1,747 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #169 | 1,814 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #163 | 1,959 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #159 | 1,957 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #154 | 1,862 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #148 | 1,955 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #148 | 1,913 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #151 | 1,847 |
| 1951 | — | #142 | 1,917 | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #144 | 1,881 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #147 | 1,810 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #145 | 1,868 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #146 | 1,877 |
| 1946 | — | #138 | 1,750 | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #130 | 1,625 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #127 | 1,649 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #123 | 1,816 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #128 | 1,723 |
| 1941 | — | #117 | 1,704 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #124 | 1,531 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #115 | 1,553 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #116 | 1,596 |
| 1937 | — | #112 | 1,685 | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #113 | 1,664 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #111 | 1,683 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #106 | 1,775 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #104 | 1,704 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #97 | 1,974 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #92 | 1,993 |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | #90 | 2,119 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #91 | 2,056 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | #96 | 2,048 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #99 | 1,976 |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | #101 | 1,781 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #105 | 1,656 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #100 | 1,797 |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | #102 | 1,704 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #100 | 1,748 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #103 | 1,704 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #97 | 1,763 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #102 | 1,592 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #105 | 1,576 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #105 | 1,510 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #106 | 1,441 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #100 | 1,452 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #104 | 1,060 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #103 | 868 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #115 | 649 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #103 | 369 |
| 1910 | — | #116 | 274 | |
| 1909 | — | #116 | 239 | |
| 1908 | — | #115 | 223 | |
| 1907 | — | #112 | 212 | |
| 1906 | — | #107 | 199 | |
| 1905 | — | #117 | 183 | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #112 | 188 |
| 1903 | — | #135 | 138 | |
| 1902 | — | #115 | 166 | |
| 1901 | — | #131 | 129 | |
| 1900 | — | #146 | 145 | |
| 1899 | — | #145 | 107 | |
| 1898 | — | #126 | 143 | |
| 1897 | — | #134 | 121 | |
| 1896 | — | #131 | 129 | |
| 1895 | — | #128 | 132 | |
| 1894 | — | #116 | 139 | |
| 1893 | — | #124 | 122 | |
| 1892 | — | #133 | 120 | |
| 1891 | — | #152 | 86 | |
| 1890 | — | #124 | 116 | |
| 1889 | — | #137 | 105 | |
| 1888 | — | #141 | 109 | |
| 1887 | — | #127 | 102 | |
| 1886 | — | #154 | 91 | |
| 1885 | — | #172 | 77 | |
| 1884 | — | #140 | 100 | |
| 1883 | — | #133 | 92 | |
| 1882 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1881 | — | #132 | 92 | |
| 1880 | — | #134 | 101 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gilbert was already there! It came in at #134, and was given to 101 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1889, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gilbert
- 59 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,328)
- 156 spots since 2020 (#1,172 → #1,328)
- 351 spots since 2015 (#977 → #1,328)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 2013 (#989 → #889)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 2012 (#869 → #989)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1930 at #90 (2,119 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1927–1932
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–2016
- Highest: 1 in 518 boys born in 1930 were named Gilbert (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,780 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 14.5% of all boys named Gilbert (18,852) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 957 | #127 (1887) | #143 |
| 1890s | 1,215 | #116 (1894) | #131 |
| 1900s | 1,822 | #107 (1906) | #121 |
| 1910s | 10,791 | #100 (1915) | #106 |
| 1920s | 18,233 | #91 (1929) | #99 |
| 1930s | 17,746 | #90 (1930) | #106 |
| 1940s | 17,353 | #117 (1941) | #133 |
| 1950s | 18,852 | #142 (1951) | #156 |
| 1960s | 14,426 | #175 (1960) | #189 |
| 1970s | 9,065 | #214 (1970) | #238 |
| 1980s | 7,575 | #261 (1981) | #285 |
| 1990s | 5,420 | #341 (1990) | #431 |
| 2000s | 3,614 | #527 (2000) | #629 |
| 2010s | 2,139 | #829 (2010) | #970 |
| 2020s | 940 | #1,172 (2023) | #1,249 |
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.
Gilbert in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 150,125 of them was named Gilbert, which outranked 36.9% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,379Woodrow9
- #3,379Wynette9
- #3,379Zenith9
- #3,655Gilbert8
- #3,655Addine8
- #3,655Adelaine8
- #3,655Adie8
- #4,011Adabelle7
- #4,011Adena7
- #4,011Ader7
Tied with 355 names at #3,655; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 623 of them was named Gilbert, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.