Boys' name · since 2003
Giddeon
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Giddeon, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
60 boys have been named Giddeon since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giddeon has been recorded 60 times among boys since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2021.
- #20,879 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 60 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giddeon ranks #20,879 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,879 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Giddeon's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Giddeon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Giddeon's full recorded timeline at 2015, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Giddeon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2021
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Giddeon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (32 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Giddeon's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Giddeon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 32 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Giddeon's decade-level peak was the 2010s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Giddeon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~18 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Giddeon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.