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.

Gilson

#20,211 most common boys' name of all time · #53,136 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–2018

Rank among boys
#20,211
Rank overall
#53,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
8 of 146
All-time
46
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1920 #3,743
Best rank
#3,331 1931
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Gilson first appears in 1916. 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
2018 — 5 5 #12,312
1979 — 6 6 #5,536
1957 — 5 5 #4,271
1931 — 7 7 #3,331
1924 — 5 5 #4,692
1921 — 5 5 #4,697
1920 — 7 7 #3,743
1916 — 6 6 #3,831