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Gibson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 98 in 2025. Its best rank was #724 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #724 in 1882; #1,680 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gibson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,680 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #724.
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Gibson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 98 boys in 2025. Peak: #724 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 262 (2013).
In 2025, 98 US boys were named Gibson, making it the 1,680th most common boys’ name of the year, down 57 places from #1,623 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 105 boys named Gibson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #724, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 262, in 2013. For comparison, it was #947 in 2015 and #2,253 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gibson in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 8 babies. In all, 5,561 US babies have been given the name, 2.7% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 2,331 babies named Gibson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,561 US boys were named Gibson; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 230. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,429 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gibson ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #736 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 10 | #736 | #435 |
| Indiana | 7 | #800 | #520 |
| Alabama | 5 | #800 | — |
| Louisiana | 5 | #824 | — |
| Colorado | 5 | #892 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,084 | #506 |
| California | 5 | #2,589 | #1,277 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 98 | #1,680 |
| 2024 | — | — | 105 | #1,623 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,548 | 108 | #1,613 |
| 2022 | — | — | 97 | #1,733 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,463 | 143 | #1,312 |
| 2020 | — | — | 164 | #1,174 |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,399 | 173 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | — | — | 213 | #975 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,011 | 230 | #920 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,636 | 230 | #923 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,396 | 220 | #947 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,309 | 259 | #857 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,280 | 262 | #824 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,695 | 250 | #851 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,702 | 222 | #911 |
| 2010 | — | — | 202 | #976 |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,267 | 178 | #1,059 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,478 | 159 | #1,142 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,759 | 140 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,861 | 121 | #1,345 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,210 | 119 | #1,293 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,784 | 110 | #1,337 |
| 2003 | — | — | 95 | #1,404 |
| 2002 | — | — | 80 | #1,549 |
| 2001 | — | — | 76 | #1,577 |
| 2000 | — | — | 48 | #2,101 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,392 | 59 | #1,737 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,945 | 58 | #1,749 |
| 1997 | — | — | 43 | #2,074 |
| 1996 | — | — | 43 | #2,029 |
| 1995 | — | — | 38 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | — | — | 35 | #2,273 |
| 1993 | — | — | 25 | #2,811 |
| 1992 | — | — | 32 | #2,326 |
| 1991 | — | — | 13 | #4,317 |
| 1990 | — | — | 27 | #2,513 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,821 |
| 1988 | — | — | 12 | #4,001 |
| 1987 | — | — | 11 | #4,063 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,667 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,776 |
| 1981 | — | — | 10 | #3,950 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,781 |
| 1978 | — | — | 8 | #4,294 |
| 1977 | — | — | 5 | #6,201 |
| 1976 | — | — | 5 | #5,911 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,494 |
| 1974 | — | — | 10 | #3,409 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,368 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,149 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | — | — | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,630 |
| 1968 | — | — | 13 | #2,372 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1966 | — | — | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,357 |
| 1962 | — | — | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,197 |
| 1960 | — | — | 12 | #2,466 |
| 1959 | — | — | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1958 | — | — | 8 | #3,134 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,422 |
| 1956 | — | — | 9 | #2,861 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,353 |
| 1954 | — | — | 13 | #2,243 |
| 1953 | — | — | 12 | #2,332 |
| 1952 | — | — | 13 | #2,192 |
| 1951 | — | — | 13 | #2,180 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,253 |
| 1949 | — | — | 16 | #1,893 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,119 |
| 1947 | — | — | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1946 | — | — | 22 | #1,531 |
| 1945 | — | — | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1943 | — | — | 17 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | — | — | 10 | #2,440 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #2,980 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,556 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,341 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,735 |
| 1937 | — | — | 14 | #1,943 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,306 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,106 |
| 1933 | — | — | 13 | #2,032 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,800 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,881 |
| 1930 | — | — | 9 | #2,860 |
| 1929 | — | — | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1928 | — | — | 17 | #1,927 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,591 |
| 1926 | — | — | 13 | #2,344 |
| 1925 | — | — | 20 | #1,760 |
| 1924 | — | — | 10 | #2,896 |
| 1923 | — | — | 18 | #1,898 |
| 1922 | — | — | 20 | #1,786 |
| 1921 | — | — | 18 | #1,934 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1919 | — | — | 16 | #2,009 |
| 1918 | — | — | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | — | — | 15 | #2,030 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,613 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #2,011 |
| 1914 | — | — | 10 | #2,165 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,395 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,459 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,616 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,280 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,313 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,006 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,191 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,106 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #748 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,021 |
| 1882 | — | — | 8 | #724 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).