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.

Gil

#1,740 most common boys' name of all time · #4,224 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#1,740
Rank overall
#4,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
4,971
Since 2016
263
Peak year
1957 #688
Best rank
#688 1957
Girls Boys peak 124/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gil first appears in 1914. 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
2025 — 20 20 #4,880
2024 — 27 27 #3,999
2023 — 31 31 #3,637
2022 — 22 22 #4,584
2021 — 18 18 #5,141
2020 — 23 23 #4,298
2019 — 27 27 #3,915
2018 — 29 29 #3,719
2017 — 34 34 #3,322
2016 — 32 32 #3,456
2015 — 32 32 #3,442
2014 — 32 32 #3,385
2013 — 24 24 #4,087
2012 — 37 37 #3,065
2011 — 33 33 #3,316
2010 — 40 40 #2,925
2009 — 34 34 #3,285
2008 — 51 51 #2,478
2007 — 44 44 #2,728
2006 — 67 67 #1,999
2005 — 42 42 #2,620
2004 — 56 56 #2,107
2003 — 47 47 #2,279
2002 — 41 41 #2,437
2001 — 40 40 #2,439
2000 — 47 47 #2,147
1999 — 37 37 #2,414
1998 — 55 55 #1,819
1997 — 50 50 #1,870
1996 — 67 67 #1,506
1995 — 48 48 #1,816
1994 — 40 40 #2,057
1993 — 49 49 #1,750
1992 — 59 59 #1,516
1991 — 52 52 #1,621
1990 — 51 51 #1,627
1989 — 50 50 #1,601
1988 — 47 47 #1,564
1987 — 52 52 #1,407
1986 — 36 36 #1,736
1985 — 44 44 #1,511
1984 — 67 67 #1,104
1983 — 49 49 #1,334
1982 — 52 52 #1,297
1981 — 50 50 #1,319
1980 — 61 61 #1,170
1979 — 41 41 #1,472
1978 — 51 51 #1,267
1977 — 50 50 #1,261
1976 — 55 55 #1,156
1975 — 49 49 #1,216
1974 — 48 48 #1,206
1973 — 45 45 #1,237
1972 — 54 54 #1,115
1971 — 68 68 #988
1970 — 55 55 #1,113
1969 — 63 63 #970
1968 — 48 48 #1,079
1967 — 76 76 #824
1966 — 71 71 #866
1965 — 91 91 #776
1964 — 107 107 #745
1963 — 109 109 #743
1962 — 115 115 #718
1961 — 121 121 #696
1960 — 99 99 #768
1959 — 118 118 #709
1958 — 115 115 #700
1957 — 124 124 #688
1956 — 94 94 #761
1955 — 74 74 #861
1954 — 100 100 #723
1953 — 92 92 #747
1952 — 78 78 #799
1951 — 68 68 #849
1950 — 52 52 #969
1949 — 62 62 #877
1948 — 55 55 #942
1947 — 55 55 #966
1946 — 40 40 #1,108
1945 — 43 43 #985
1944 — 31 31 #1,209
1943 — 21 21 #1,571
1942 — 30 30 #1,296
1941 — 17 17 #1,744
1940 — 27 27 #1,308
1939 — 21 21 #1,482
1938 — 18 18 #1,674
1937 — 21 21 #1,525
1936 — 14 14 #1,955
1935 — 15 15 #1,915
1934 — 20 20 #1,603
1933 — 14 14 #1,981
1932 — 7 7 #3,264
1931 — 18 18 #1,758
1930 — 12 12 #2,410
1929 — 15 15 #2,076
1928 — 25 25 #1,515
1927 — 11 11 #2,657
1926 — 10 10 #2,851
1925 — 5 5 #4,450
1924 — 11 11 #2,758
1923 — 7 7 #3,646
1922 — 8 8 #3,412
1921 — 12 12 #2,602
1920 — 10 10 #2,921
1919 — 10 10 #2,809
1917 — 5 5 #4,220
1916 — 12 12 #2,375
1914 — 12 12 #1,972