Gibson
Gibson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 105 births. Its best rank was 724th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1050.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2013262 births
- Best rank
- #724in 1882
- Since 1882
- 5,462people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,311 boys have been named Gibson in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 262 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 151 girls have also been given it, 2.8% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gibson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | |
| 1890s | 14 | |
| 1900s | 23 | |
| 1910s | 124 | |
| 1920s | 155 | |
| 1930s | 105 | |
| 1940s | 113 | |
| 1950s | 118 | |
| 1960s | 107 | |
| 1970s | 66 | |
| 1980s | 97 | |
| 1990s | 373 | |
| 2000s | 1,126 | |
| 2010s | 2,261 | |
| 2020s | 616 |
In 2013, its biggest year
Gibson was the 824th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with Gibson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elipeak 2012
- Owenpeak 2016
- Masonpeak 2011
- Carterpeak 2015
- Rylandpeak 2013
- Korbinpeak 2014
- Lathanpeak 2011
- Chevypeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.