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.
Where Gilbert is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#17 · 1 in 84
- Hawaii#46 · 1 in 158
- Arizona#46 · 1 in 165
- Colorado#47 · 1 in 205
- California#56 · 1 in 253
Best ever in a state: #12 in New Mexico, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #17 | 66 | 1 in 84 |
| Arizona | #46 | 29 | 1 in 165 |
| Hawaii | #46 | 22 | 1 in 158 |
| Colorado | #47 | 46 | 1 in 205 |
| California | #56 | 189 | 1 in 253 |
| Delaware | #59 | 5 | 1 in 330 |
| Maine | #71 | 18 | 1 in 346 |
| Maryland | #71 | 34 | 1 in 367 |
| Rhode Island | #71 | 9 | 1 in 502 |
| Texas | #85 | 142 | 1 in 415 |
| Massachusetts | #93 | 34 | 1 in 851 |
| Indiana | #98 | 47 | 1 in 563 |
| Pennsylvania | #106 | 84 | 1 in 880 |
| New York | #107 | 97 | 1 in 906 |
| Louisiana | #110 | 43 | 1 in 504 |
| Virginia | #111 | 40 | 1 in 578 |
| Michigan | #112 | 54 | 1 in 807 |
| Wisconsin | #113 | 31 | 1 in 798 |
| New Jersey | #116 | 23 | 1 in 1,117 |
| North Carolina | #116 | 56 | 1 in 646 |
| District of Columbia | #120 | 7 | 1 in 819 |
| Oregon | #120 | 12 | 1 in 612 |
| Connecticut | #125 | 9 | 1 in 1,160 |
| Ohio | #128 | 57 | 1 in 904 |
| Kentucky | #129 | 37 | 1 in 738 |
| Minnesota | #132 | 25 | 1 in 903 |
| Washington | #132 | 15 | 1 in 778 |
| Montana | #134 | 6 | 1 in 751 |
| Kansas | #135 | 19 | 1 in 693 |
| Illinois | #136 | 55 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Missouri | #136 | 32 | 1 in 873 |
| Nebraska | #137 | 14 | 1 in 719 |
| North Dakota | #138 | 7 | 1 in 787 |
| Oklahoma | #140 | 27 | 1 in 772 |
| South Dakota | #144 | 6 | 1 in 815 |
| Tennessee | #144 | 30 | 1 in 902 |
| Arkansas | #162 | 19 | 1 in 953 |
| Iowa | #190 | 13 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Florida | #196 | 11 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Georgia | #204 | 20 | 1 in 1,527 |
| West Virginia | #215 | 11 | 1 in 1,725 |
| South Carolina | #222 | 12 | 1 in 1,700 |
| Mississippi | #227 | 12 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Alabama | #257 | 12 | 1 in 2,329 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 182,769 of them was named Gilbert, which outranked 23.6% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,429Wyonia7
- #3,429Zera7
- #3,429Zerelda7
- #3,782Gilbert6
- #3,782Adonna6
- #3,782Alan6
- #3,782Alfretta6
- #4,250Abelina5
- #4,250Adelmira5
- #4,250Adine5
Tied with 467 names at #3,782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 713 of them was named Gilbert, which outranked 97.1% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.