Gideon — #331 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gideon

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,256 babies named Gideon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gideon currently holds the #331 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 1,161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gideon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Gideon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,598 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Gideon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gideon 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 21,256 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.