Gideon
#783 most common boys' name of all time · #1,761 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#783
Rank overall
#1,761 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
133 of 146
All-time
22,302
Since 2016
10,603
Peak year
2017 #304
Best rank
#304 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 1,161/yr
Gideon is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 993 | 993 | #337 |
| 2024 | — | 1,054 | 1,054 | #329 |
| 2023 | — | 1,047 | 1,047 | #318 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1,027 | 1,036 | #330 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1,084 | 1,091 | #308 |
| 2020 | — | 1,031 | 1,031 | #321 |
| 2019 | — | 1,043 | 1,043 | #320 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1,108 | 1,113 | #308 |
| 2017 | — | 1,161 | 1,161 | #304 |
| 2016 | — | 1,034 | 1,034 | #336 |
| 2015 | — | 1,055 | 1,055 | #327 |
| 2014 | — | 944 | 944 | #348 |
| 2013 | — | 846 | 846 | #367 |
| 2012 | — | 765 | 765 | #391 |
| 2011 | 5 | 689 | 694 | #411 |
| 2010 | — | 576 | 576 | #460 |
| 2009 | — | 486 | 486 | #542 |
| 2008 | — | 504 | 504 | #530 |
| 2007 | — | 490 | 490 | #526 |
| 2006 | — | 433 | 433 | #575 |
| 2005 | — | 304 | 304 | #683 |
| 2004 | — | 290 | 290 | #688 |
| 2003 | — | 290 | 290 | #674 |
| 2002 | 6 | 226 | 232 | #763 |
| 2001 | — | 257 | 257 | #699 |
| 2000 | — | 180 | 180 | #875 |
| 1999 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,028 |
| 1998 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,072 |
| 1997 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,052 |
| 1996 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,080 |
| 1995 | — | 137 | 137 | #949 |
| 1994 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,129 |
| 1993 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,087 |
| 1992 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,247 |
| 1991 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,124 |
| 1990 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,252 |
| 1989 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,030 |
| 1988 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,130 |
| 1987 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,069 |
| 1986 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,244 |
| 1985 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,355 |
| 1984 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,175 |
| 1983 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,348 |
| 1982 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,034 |
| 1981 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,115 |
| 1980 | — | 83 | 83 | #989 |
| 1979 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,371 |
| 1978 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,540 |
| 1977 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,413 |
| 1976 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,212 |
| 1974 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,274 |
| 1973 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,404 |
| 1972 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,264 |
| 1971 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,402 |
| 1970 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,706 |
| 1969 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,284 |
| 1968 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1967 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,915 |
| 1966 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,688 |
| 1965 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,928 |
| 1964 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,126 |
| 1963 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,552 |
| 1962 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,675 |
| 1961 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,328 |
| 1960 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,128 |
| 1959 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,816 |
| 1958 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,378 |
| 1957 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,195 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,769 |
| 1955 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,735 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,125 |
| 1953 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,391 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,845 |
| 1950 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,825 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,821 |
| 1948 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,227 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,852 |
| 1946 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,649 |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,407 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,289 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,809 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,687 |
| 1940 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,886 |
| 1938 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,199 |
| 1937 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,764 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,080 |
| 1935 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,403 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,297 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1931 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,120 |
| 1930 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 1929 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,315 |
| 1928 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,061 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,478 |
| 1926 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,857 |
| 1925 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1924 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1923 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,363 |
| 1922 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,889 |
| 1921 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,511 |
| 1920 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,415 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,915 |
| 1917 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,039 |
| 1916 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1915 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,791 |
| 1914 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,267 |
| 1913 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,179 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,278 |
| 1910 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,215 |
| 1909 | — | 11 | 11 | #913 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,226 |
| 1906 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,031 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #804 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #963 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #973 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #995 |
| 1890 | — | 7 | 7 | #830 |
| 1888 | — | 13 | 13 | #571 |
| 1887 | — | 8 | 8 | #704 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #624 |
| 1885 | — | 13 | 13 | #540 |
| 1884 | — | 9 | 9 | #681 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #912 |
| 1882 | — | 6 | 6 | #856 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #733 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #617 |