Bilbo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bilbo

The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Bilbo between 1910 and 1928, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bilbo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bilbo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bilbo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bilbo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bilbo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 132 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.