Gibbs — #12450 US boys' name
81 babies named Gibbs in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Gibbs was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Gibbs in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gibbs
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Gibbs between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gibbs currently holds the #12450 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gibbs performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gibbs shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gibbs 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 81 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.
Gibbs at a glance
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Current rank
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Gibbs popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1929)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #12450 among boys.
81 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 8 births in a single year.
Gibbs by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 23 births that decade — 28% of Gibbs's all-time total
Gibbs decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gibbs's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.