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.
Where Gibson is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#425 · 1 in 2,388
- Missouri#441 · 1 in 2,431
- Iowa#453 · 1 in 2,253
- Tennessee#497 · 1 in 2,811
- Indiana#507 · 1 in 3,013
Best ever in a state: #350 in Virginia, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #425 | 20 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Missouri | #441 | 13 | 1 in 2,431 |
| Iowa | #453 | 7 | 1 in 2,253 |
| Tennessee | #497 | 13 | 1 in 2,811 |
| Indiana | #507 | 12 | 1 in 3,013 |
| Utah | #562 | 7 | 1 in 3,036 |
| Oregon | #634 | 5 | 1 in 3,627 |
| Arizona | #669 | 8 | 1 in 4,621 |
| Virginia | #669 | 9 | 1 in 4,713 |
| Ohio | #780 | 10 | 1 in 6,029 |
| Illinois | #893 | 9 | 1 in 7,376 |
| Georgia | #909 | 8 | 1 in 6,868 |
| North Carolina | #986 | 6 | 1 in 8,668 |
| Florida | #1,090 | 10 | 1 in 9,835 |
| Texas | #1,102 | 17 | 1 in 11,064 |
| California | #1,258 | 15 | 1 in 15,087 |
| New York | #1,482 | 7 | 1 in 14,692 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 111,569 of them was named Gibson, which outranked 62.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,977Zosia17
- #6,977Zulay17
- #6,977Zyanya17
- #7,266Gibson16
- #7,266Aayat16
- #7,266Abcde16
- #7,266Abigal16
- #7,613Aamirah15
- #7,613Aara15
- #7,613Aasha15
Tied with 346 names at #7,266; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 8,712 of them was named Gibson, which outranked 93.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).