Gilad — boys' name
330 babies named Gilad in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Gilad was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Gilad in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gilad
The Social Security Administration has registered 330 babies named Gilad between 1969 and 2021, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gilad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilad performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gilad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gilad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gilad 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 330 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.
Gilad at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gilad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1969
- Peak year (2001)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
330 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 16 births in a single year.
Gilad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 107 births that decade — 32% of Gilad's all-time total
Gilad decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gilad's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Gilad by state
Where Gilad concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 10.3% |
34 of 330 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1969–2021 (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.