Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gibbs

#16,809 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2024

Rank among boys
#16,809
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1929 #3,207
Best rank
#3,207 1929
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gibbs first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,510
2019 — 5 5 #12,319
2014 — 7 7 #9,761
2012 — 6 6 #10,927
2011 — 5 5 #12,456
2009 — 5 5 #12,685
2005 — 5 5 #11,654
2003 — 5 5 #11,104
1983 — 5 5 #6,472
1940 — 6 6 #3,389
1937 — 6 6 #3,450
1929 — 8 8 #3,207
1924 — 6 6 #4,212
1917 — 7 7 #3,519