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.

Gilman

#5,002 most common boys' name of all time · #12,389 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1887–1993

Rank among boys
#5,002
Rank overall
#12,389 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
935
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1918 #1,206
Best rank
#919 1887
Girls Boys peak 34/yr
19001920194019601980

Gilman first appears in 1887. 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
1993 6 6 #7,692
1980 5 5 #6,340
1969 7 7 #3,644
1968 6 6 #3,752
1965 6 6 #3,588
1964 6 6 #3,667
1962 6 6 #3,692
1961 13 13 #2,346
1960 11 11 #2,574
1959 5 5 #4,077
1957 13 13 #2,302
1956 7 7 #3,283
1955 11 11 #2,462
1954 9 9 #2,792
1953 18 18 #1,858
1952 11 11 #2,417
1951 9 9 #2,706
1950 9 9 #2,631
1949 16 16 #1,898
1948 14 14 #2,063
1947 13 13 #2,201
1946 20 20 #1,615
1945 17 17 #1,652
1944 18 18 #1,650
1943 26 26 #1,385
1942 22 22 #1,512
1941 21 21 #1,500
1940 16 16 #1,765
1939 15 15 #1,827
1938 11 11 #2,226
1937 13 13 #2,027
1936 19 19 #1,562
1935 18 18 #1,678
1934 26 26 #1,337
1933 18 18 #1,670
1932 20 20 #1,612
1931 25 25 #1,409
1930 17 17 #1,840
1929 16 16 #1,963
1928 19 19 #1,783
1927 23 23 #1,620
1926 22 22 #1,639
1925 20 20 #1,772
1924 17 17 #1,984
1923 22 22 #1,667
1922 26 26 #1,480
1921 22 22 #1,671
1920 19 19 #1,837
1919 22 22 #1,597
1918 34 34 #1,206
1917 24 24 #1,460
1916 29 29 #1,255
1915 21 21 #1,531
1914 15 15 #1,641
1913 16 16 #1,343
1912 15 15 #1,247
1911 7 7 #1,474
1910 5 5 #1,684
1909 7 7 #1,234
1903 5 5 #1,252
1887 6 6 #919