Gilberta

Peak · girls
1907 · 8 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
559
since 1897

Gilberta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gilberta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,512, 1907girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1976#9,2845
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1972#6,5587
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1967#5,4577
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1962#5,8606
1961#5,8516
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1958#6,1035
1957#4,9187
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1955#5,2086
1954#5,7535
1953#2,92114
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1951#4,8336
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1949#3,39310
1948#4,6516
1947#3,44810
1946#3,03411
1945#3,6767
1944#2,94610
1943#2,55813
1942#3,1949
1941#3,5597
1940#2,9639
1939#3,4297
1938#2,57911
1937#2,73510
1936#2,8579
1935#3,4317
1934#2,28913
1933#2,8689
1932#2,64411
1931#2,9729
1930#2,20215
1929#2,30114
1928#2,09417
1927#2,02619
1926#1,99719
1925#2,11918
1924#3,14410
1923#1,94420
1922#2,18617
1921#2,63313
1920#1,81622
1919#2,26415
1918#1,69023
1917#1,55224
1916#1,86718
1915#2,68810
1914#2,8767
1913#2,3318
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First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Gilberta! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gilberta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Gilberta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gilberta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1907 at #1,512 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 39,821
  • Highest: 1 in 39,821 girls born in 1907 were named Gilberta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Gilberta (169) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,555 (1897)#1,555
1900s8#1,512 (1907)#1,512
1910s110#1,552 (1917)#2,216
1920s169#1,816 (1920)#2,226
1930s101#2,202 (1930)#2,801
1940s92#2,558 (1943)#3,342
1950s43#2,921 (1953)#4,956
1960s19#5,457 (1967)#5,723
1970s12#6,558 (1972)#7,921

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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