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.

Gideon

#783 most common boys' name of all time · #1,761 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · 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
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 1,161/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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