Meaning not yet researched.
Gideon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 993 in 2025. Its best rank was #304 in 2017.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #304 in 2017; #337 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gideon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#337 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2017, at #304.
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Gideon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 993 boys in 2025. Peak: #304 in 2017 · most boys in one year: 1,161 (2017).
In 2025, 993 US boys were named Gideon, making it the 337th most common boys’ name of the year, down 8 places from #329 in 2024. That is 61 fewer than the 1,054 boys named Gideon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #304, reached in 2017. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,161. For comparison, it was #327 in 2015 and #1,841 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gideon in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 22,302 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 9,231 babies named Gideon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,582 US boys were named Gideon; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,161. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,720 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gideon ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #121 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Gedeon, Gid and Giddeon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gedeon (163), Gid (117), Giddeon (60), Gidon (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Gideon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7 | #121 | #118 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #181 | — |
| Indiana | 47 | #182 | #221 |
| Missouri | 39 | #186 | #255 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #195 | #284 |
| Idaho | 13 | #207 | #183 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #210 | #256 |
| Michigan | 46 | #216 | #221 |
| Kansas | 18 | #224 | #200 |
| Arkansas | 16 | #226 | #250 |
| Iowa | 17 | #235 | #342 |
| Maine | 5 | #245 | — |
| Tennessee | 36 | #247 | #262 |
| Montana | 5 | #253 | #101 |
| Maryland | 22 | #254 | #382 |
| Nebraska | 10 | #255 | #170 |
| Ohio | 48 | #261 | #272 |
| Washington | 28 | #269 | #245 |
| Utah | 19 | #271 | #295 |
| Oregon | 15 | #285 | #244 |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | #297 | #228 |
| Illinois | 36 | #299 | #342 |
| Virginia | 27 | #308 | #299 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #310 | #327 |
| Colorado | 19 | #334 | #248 |
| Arizona | 23 | #335 | #350 |
| Alabama | 16 | #346 | #498 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #347 | #243 |
| Mississippi | 9 | #348 | — |
| Texas | 103 | #363 | #357 |
| North Carolina | 31 | #366 | #310 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #380 | #489 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #420 | #421 |
| Florida | 46 | #427 | #382 |
| New York | 39 | #437 | #540 |
| Nevada | 6 | #469 | — |
| Georgia | 22 | #487 | #379 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #671 | #561 |
| California | 36 | #738 | #464 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 993 | #337 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,054 | #329 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,047 | #318 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,658 | 1,027 | #330 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,646 | 1,084 | #308 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,031 | #321 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,043 | #320 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,514 | 1,108 | #308 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,161 | #304 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,034 | #336 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,055 | #327 |
| 2014 | — | — | 944 | #348 |
| 2013 | — | — | 846 | #367 |
| 2012 | — | — | 765 | #391 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,703 | 689 | #411 |
| 2010 | — | — | 576 | #460 |
| 2009 | — | — | 486 | #544 |
| 2008 | — | — | 504 | #530 |
| 2007 | — | — | 490 | #526 |
| 2006 | — | — | 433 | #575 |
| 2005 | — | — | 304 | #684 |
| 2004 | — | — | 290 | #688 |
| 2003 | — | — | 290 | #674 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,194 | 226 | #764 |
| 2001 | — | — | 257 | #699 |
| 2000 | — | — | 180 | #876 |
| 1999 | — | — | 135 | #1,029 |
| 1998 | — | — | 122 | #1,073 |
| 1997 | — | — | 121 | #1,051 |
| 1996 | — | — | 112 | #1,081 |
| 1995 | — | — | 137 | #950 |
| 1994 | — | — | 101 | #1,131 |
| 1993 | — | — | 106 | #1,087 |
| 1992 | — | — | 82 | #1,250 |
| 1991 | — | — | 95 | #1,125 |
| 1990 | — | — | 78 | #1,256 |
| 1989 | — | — | 100 | #1,031 |
| 1988 | — | — | 78 | #1,133 |
| 1987 | — | — | 80 | #1,067 |
| 1986 | — | — | 60 | #1,249 |
| 1985 | — | — | 51 | #1,363 |
| 1984 | — | — | 60 | #1,181 |
| 1983 | — | — | 48 | #1,351 |
| 1982 | — | — | 77 | #1,034 |
| 1981 | — | — | 67 | #1,115 |
| 1980 | — | — | 83 | #992 |
| 1979 | — | — | 46 | #1,379 |
| 1978 | — | — | 37 | #1,548 |
| 1977 | — | — | 42 | #1,414 |
| 1976 | — | — | 42 | #1,383 |
| 1975 | — | — | 49 | #1,216 |
| 1974 | — | — | 44 | #1,276 |
| 1973 | — | — | 36 | #1,413 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,272 |
| 1971 | — | — | 37 | #1,407 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,725 |
| 1969 | — | — | 38 | #1,285 |
| 1968 | — | — | 22 | #1,710 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,933 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,700 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,148 |
| 1963 | — | — | 26 | #1,554 |
| 1962 | — | — | 23 | #1,689 |
| 1961 | — | — | 13 | #2,362 |
| 1960 | — | — | 15 | #2,160 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,829 |
| 1958 | — | — | 12 | #2,415 |
| 1957 | — | — | 14 | #2,221 |
| 1956 | — | — | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1955 | — | — | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1954 | — | — | 14 | #2,149 |
| 1953 | — | — | 15 | #2,065 |
| 1952 | — | — | 11 | #2,421 |
| 1951 | — | — | 17 | #1,862 |
| 1950 | — | — | 17 | #1,841 |
| 1949 | — | — | 8 | #2,878 |
| 1948 | — | — | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,874 |
| 1946 | — | — | 19 | #1,663 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,462 |
| 1944 | — | — | 8 | #2,720 |
| 1943 | — | — | 11 | #2,323 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,826 |
| 1941 | — | — | 8 | #2,733 |
| 1940 | — | — | 12 | #2,117 |
| 1939 | — | — | 14 | #1,909 |
| 1938 | — | — | 11 | #2,244 |
| 1937 | — | — | 16 | #1,788 |
| 1936 | — | — | 12 | #2,105 |
| 1935 | — | — | 9 | #2,604 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,461 |
| 1933 | — | — | 6 | #3,425 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,524 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,145 |
| 1930 | — | — | 14 | #2,114 |
| 1929 | — | — | 29 | #1,324 |
| 1928 | — | — | 15 | #2,089 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,491 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,860 |
| 1925 | — | — | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1924 | — | — | 24 | #1,595 |
| 1923 | — | — | 29 | #1,368 |
| 1922 | — | — | 18 | #1,917 |
| 1921 | — | — | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,399 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,423 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,937 |
| 1917 | — | — | 40 | #1,048 |
| 1916 | — | — | 23 | #1,481 |
| 1915 | — | — | 16 | #1,822 |
| 1914 | — | — | 22 | #1,285 |
| 1913 | — | — | 19 | #1,186 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,249 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #915 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,253 |
| 1906 | — | — | 7 | #1,055 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,117 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #807 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #980 |
| 1892 | — | — | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,021 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #838 |
| 1888 | — | — | 13 | #565 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #619 |
| 1885 | — | — | 13 | #529 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #677 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #952 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #879 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #740 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #616 |
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).