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.

Gilbert

#267 most common boys' name of all time · #580 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#267
Rank overall
#580 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
130,821
Since 2016
1,692
Peak year
1930 #90
Best rank
#90 1930
Girls Boys peak 2,138/yr
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Gilbert 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 — 145 145 #1,328
2024 — 135 135 #1,387
2023 — 175 175 #1,172
2022 — 162 162 #1,217
2021 — 159 159 #1,215
2020 — 164 164 #1,172
2019 — 175 175 #1,119
2018 — 166 166 #1,154
2017 — 196 196 #1,025
2016 — 215 215 #958
2015 — 211 211 #977
2014 — 241 241 #893
2013 — 234 234 #890
2012 — 201 201 #989
2011 — 242 242 #869
2010 — 258 258 #829
2009 — 278 278 #801
2008 — 316 316 #731
2007 — 347 347 #684
2006 — 347 347 #661
2005 — 378 378 #599
2004 — 409 409 #560
2003 — 361 361 #597
2002 — 351 351 #593
2001 — 408 408 #536
2000 — 419 419 #527
1999 — 419 419 #508
1998 — 420 420 #507
1997 — 448 448 #481
1996 — 467 467 #467
1995 — 502 502 #453
1994 — 505 505 #446
1993 — 639 639 #371
1992 — 611 611 #379
1991 6 684 690 #354
1990 5 725 730 #341
1989 — 677 677 #340
1988 — 710 710 #313
1987 — 738 738 #290
1986 — 781 781 #273
1985 12 687 699 #296
1984 8 776 784 #268
1983 — 757 757 #273
1982 10 793 803 #269
1981 7 824 831 #261
1980 9 832 841 #262
1979 10 778 788 #267
1978 8 797 805 #254
1977 5 787 792 #256
1976 10 826 836 #243
1975 6 879 885 #235
1974 10 886 896 #234
1973 10 918 928 #228
1972 5 961 966 #224
1971 7 1,063 1,070 #222
1970 6 1,170 1,176 #215
1969 6 1,107 1,113 #216
1968 9 1,167 1,176 #199
1967 11 1,267 1,278 #191
1966 10 1,269 1,279 #193
1965 7 1,347 1,354 #189
1964 6 1,515 1,521 #183
1963 11 1,631 1,642 #179
1962 11 1,625 1,636 #184
1961 7 1,710 1,717 #178
1960 12 1,788 1,800 #175
1959 13 1,747 1,760 #177
1958 8 1,814 1,822 #169
1957 12 1,959 1,971 #163
1956 10 1,957 1,967 #159
1955 6 1,862 1,868 #154
1954 5 1,955 1,960 #148
1953 10 1,913 1,923 #148
1952 8 1,847 1,855 #151
1951 — 1,917 1,917 #142
1950 7 1,881 1,888 #144
1949 10 1,810 1,820 #147
1948 12 1,868 1,880 #145
1947 5 1,877 1,882 #146
1946 — 1,750 1,750 #138
1945 9 1,625 1,634 #130
1944 10 1,649 1,659 #127
1943 13 1,816 1,829 #123
1942 9 1,723 1,732 #128
1941 — 1,704 1,704 #117
1940 6 1,531 1,537 #124
1939 6 1,553 1,559 #115
1938 14 1,596 1,610 #116
1937 — 1,685 1,685 #112
1936 9 1,664 1,673 #113
1935 11 1,683 1,694 #111
1934 13 1,775 1,788 #106
1933 10 1,704 1,714 #104
1932 14 1,974 1,988 #97
1931 12 1,993 2,005 #92
1930 19 2,119 2,138 #90
1929 7 2,056 2,063 #91
1928 12 2,048 2,060 #96
1927 15 1,976 1,991 #99
1926 12 1,781 1,793 #101
1925 10 1,656 1,666 #105
1924 10 1,797 1,807 #100
1923 14 1,704 1,718 #102
1922 8 1,748 1,756 #100
1921 8 1,704 1,712 #103
1920 9 1,763 1,772 #97
1919 6 1,592 1,598 #102
1918 14 1,576 1,590 #105
1917 11 1,510 1,521 #105
1916 11 1,441 1,452 #106
1915 11 1,452 1,463 #100
1914 5 1,060 1,065 #104
1913 6 868 874 #103
1912 6 649 655 #115
1911 6 369 375 #103
1910 — 274 274 #116
1909 — 239 239 #116
1908 — 223 223 #116
1907 — 212 212 #113
1906 — 199 199 #107
1905 — 183 183 #117
1904 7 188 195 #112
1903 — 138 138 #137
1902 — 166 166 #115
1901 — 129 129 #131
1900 — 145 145 #146
1899 — 107 107 #145
1898 — 143 143 #128
1897 — 121 121 #136
1896 — 129 129 #131
1895 — 132 132 #128
1894 — 139 139 #116
1893 — 122 122 #124
1892 — 120 120 #134
1891 — 86 86 #152
1890 — 116 116 #125
1889 — 105 105 #138
1888 — 109 109 #141
1887 — 102 102 #127
1886 — 91 91 #154
1885 — 77 77 #173
1884 — 100 100 #141
1883 — 92 92 #133
1882 — 88 88 #157
1881 — 92 92 #133
1880 — 101 101 #134