Gilbert
Gilbert is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 134 births. Its best rank was 90th, in 1930.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1340.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19302,119 births
- Best rank
- #90in 1930
- Since 1880
- 129,999people given the name
The story in the numbers
129,999 boys have been named Gilbert in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1930, with 2,119 births — 0.19% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 134 births in 2024, against 2,119 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 1950s alone account for 15%. It has spent 137 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 10 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gilbert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 957 | |
| 1890s | 1,215 | |
| 1900s | 1,822 | |
| 1910s | 10,791 | |
| 1920s | 18,233 | |
| 1930s | 17,746 | |
| 1940s | 17,353 | |
| 1950s | 18,850 | |
| 1960s | 14,427 | |
| 1970s | 9,066 | |
| 1980s | 7,574 | |
| 1990s | 5,421 | |
| 2000s | 3,614 | |
| 2010s | 2,138 | |
| 2020s | 792 |
In 1930, its biggest year
Gilbert was the 90th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1930 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1930.
Names that rose and fell with Gilbert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Norrispeak 1924
- Myronpeak 1930
- Alvinpeak 1927
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Leonardpeak 1921
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Garlandpeak 1922
- Meltonpeak 1921
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.