Meaning not yet researched.
Gilbert: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 145 in 2025. Its best rank was #90 in 1930.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #90 in 1930; #1,330 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Gilbert in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,330 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1930, at #90.
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Gilbert: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 145 boys in 2025. Peak: #90 in 1930 · most boys in one year: 2,119 (1930).
In 2025, 145 US boys were named Gilbert, making it the 1,330th most common boys’ name of the year, up 59 places from #1,389 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 135 boys named Gilbert in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #90, reached in 1930. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,119. For comparison, it was #980 in 2015 and #144 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gilbert in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 101 babies with the name. In all, 130,821 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 18,931 babies named Gilbert.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,692 US boys were named Gilbert; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 215. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,780 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gilbert ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #851 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Gilberto (28,700 babies since 1880) and Gil (4,971 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Gilberte are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bert, Gil and Wilber.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Gilberte (196).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 5 | #851 | #837 |
| Arizona | 6 | #875 | #641 |
| Washington | 6 | #932 | — |
| California | 22 | #999 | #557 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,038 | — |
| Texas | 22 | #1,048 | #646 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,072 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,346 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 145 | #1,330 |
| 2024 | — | — | 135 | #1,389 |
| 2023 | — | — | 175 | #1,174 |
| 2022 | — | — | 162 | #1,218 |
| 2021 | — | — | 159 | #1,216 |
| 2020 | — | — | 164 | #1,175 |
| 2019 | — | — | 175 | #1,121 |
| 2018 | — | — | 166 | #1,154 |
| 2017 | — | — | 196 | #1,026 |
| 2016 | — | — | 215 | #958 |
| 2015 | — | — | 211 | #980 |
| 2014 | — | — | 241 | #895 |
| 2013 | — | — | 234 | #891 |
| 2012 | — | — | 201 | #991 |
| 2011 | — | — | 242 | #869 |
| 2010 | — | — | 258 | #829 |
| 2009 | — | — | 278 | #802 |
| 2008 | — | — | 316 | #731 |
| 2007 | — | — | 347 | #684 |
| 2006 | — | — | 347 | #662 |
| 2005 | — | — | 378 | #599 |
| 2004 | — | — | 409 | #560 |
| 2003 | — | — | 361 | #597 |
| 2002 | — | — | 351 | #594 |
| 2001 | — | — | 408 | #536 |
| 2000 | — | — | 419 | #527 |
| 1999 | — | — | 419 | #508 |
| 1998 | — | — | 420 | #508 |
| 1997 | — | — | 448 | #481 |
| 1996 | — | — | 467 | #467 |
| 1995 | — | — | 502 | #453 |
| 1994 | — | — | 505 | #446 |
| 1993 | — | — | 639 | #371 |
| 1992 | — | — | 611 | #379 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,022 | 684 | #354 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,717 | 725 | #341 |
| 1989 | — | — | 677 | #340 |
| 1988 | — | — | 710 | #313 |
| 1987 | — | — | 738 | #290 |
| 1986 | — | — | 781 | #273 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,777 | 687 | #297 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,622 | 776 | #268 |
| 1983 | — | — | 757 | #273 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,519 | 793 | #269 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,413 | 824 | #261 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,972 | 832 | #262 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,350 | 778 | #267 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,168 | 797 | #254 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,129 | 787 | #256 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,735 | 826 | #243 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,334 | 879 | #235 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,480 | 886 | #234 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,302 | 918 | #228 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,712 | 961 | #224 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,844 | 1,063 | #222 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,367 | 1,170 | #214 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,908 | 1,107 | #217 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,892 | 1,167 | #199 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,130 | 1,267 | #191 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,290 | 1,269 | #193 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,468 | 1,347 | #189 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,264 | 1,515 | #183 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,106 | 1,631 | #179 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,089 | 1,625 | #184 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,489 | 1,710 | #178 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,774 | 1,788 | #175 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,502 | 1,747 | #177 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,652 | 1,814 | #169 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,547 | 1,959 | #163 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,005 | 1,957 | #160 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,431 | 1,862 | #154 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,050 | 1,955 | #148 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,797 | 1,913 | #148 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,251 | 1,847 | #151 |
| 1951 | — | — | 1,917 | #142 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,464 | 1,881 | #144 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,468 | 1,810 | #147 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,033 | 1,868 | #145 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,608 | 1,877 | #146 |
| 1946 | — | — | 1,750 | #138 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,227 | 1,625 | #130 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,014 | 1,649 | #127 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,605 | 1,816 | #123 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,277 | 1,723 | #128 |
| 1941 | — | — | 1,704 | #117 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,043 | 1,531 | #124 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,946 | 1,553 | #115 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,270 | 1,596 | #116 |
| 1937 | — | — | 1,685 | #112 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,950 | 1,664 | #113 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,627 | 1,683 | #111 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,343 | 1,775 | #106 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,754 | 1,704 | #104 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,290 | 1,974 | #97 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,478 | 1,993 | #92 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,897 | 2,119 | #90 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,826 | 2,056 | #91 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,676 | 2,048 | #96 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,376 | 1,976 | #99 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,779 | 1,781 | #101 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,203 | 1,656 | #105 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,225 | 1,797 | #100 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,523 | 1,704 | #102 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,804 | 1,748 | #100 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,806 | 1,704 | #103 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,438 | 1,763 | #97 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,478 | 1,592 | #102 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,427 | 1,576 | #105 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,767 | 1,510 | #105 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,724 | 1,441 | #106 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,600 | 1,452 | #100 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,857 | 1,060 | #104 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,982 | 868 | #103 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,763 | 649 | #115 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,303 | 369 | #103 |
| 1910 | — | — | 274 | #116 |
| 1909 | — | — | 239 | #116 |
| 1908 | — | — | 223 | #116 |
| 1907 | — | — | 212 | #112 |
| 1906 | — | — | 199 | #107 |
| 1905 | — | — | 183 | #117 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,551 | 188 | #112 |
| 1903 | — | — | 138 | #137 |
| 1902 | — | — | 166 | #115 |
| 1901 | — | — | 129 | #131 |
| 1900 | — | — | 145 | #146 |
| 1899 | — | — | 107 | #145 |
| 1898 | — | — | 143 | #127 |
| 1897 | — | — | 121 | #135 |
| 1896 | — | — | 129 | #131 |
| 1895 | — | — | 132 | #128 |
| 1894 | — | — | 139 | #116 |
| 1893 | — | — | 122 | #124 |
| 1892 | — | — | 120 | #133 |
| 1891 | — | — | 86 | #153 |
| 1890 | — | — | 116 | #125 |
| 1889 | — | — | 105 | #137 |
| 1888 | — | — | 109 | #141 |
| 1887 | — | — | 102 | #127 |
| 1886 | — | — | 91 | #154 |
| 1885 | — | — | 77 | #172 |
| 1884 | — | — | 100 | #140 |
| 1883 | — | — | 92 | #136 |
| 1882 | — | — | 88 | #157 |
| 1881 | — | — | 92 | #133 |
| 1880 | — | — | 101 | #134 |
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).