Gilbert
Gilbert was given to 145 boys in 2025, #1,330 among boys’ names; 130,821 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 61,100 Americans named Gilbert and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 60 years old and half are between 42 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gilbert by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gilbert mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gilbert is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.” Its etymology gives the senses “pledge” (*gīslaz) and “bright, famous” (*berhtaz).
From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).
/ˈɡɪlbɚt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gilbert?
#1,330 among boys’ names, 2025
Gilbert fell from #980 in 2015 to #1,330 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.11 to 0.08 per 1,000.
2,138 babies in 1930, the peak
Gilbert peaked in 1930, when 2,138 babies were given it (2,119 boys, #90 among boys’ names). The 145 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,330 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,389 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 175 | #1,174 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 162 | #1,218 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 159 | #1,216 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,175 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,121 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 166 | #1,154 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,026 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 215 | #958 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 211 | #980 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 241 | #895 | 0.13 |
| 2013 | 234 | #891 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 201 | #991 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 242 | #869 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 258 | #829 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 278 | #802 | 0.14 |
| 2008 | 316 | #731 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 347 | #684 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 347 | #662 | 0.17 |
| 2005 | 378 | #599 | 0.19 |
| 2004 | 409 | #560 | 0.21 |
| 2003 | 361 | #597 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 351 | #594 | 0.18 |
| 2001 | 408 | #536 | 0.21 |
| 2000 | 419 | #527 | 0.21 |
| 1999 | 419 | #508 | 0.22 |
| 1998 | 420 | #508 | 0.22 |
| 1997 | 448 | #481 | 0.24 |
| 1996 | 467 | #467 | 0.25 |
| 1995 | 502 | #453 | 0.26 |
| 1994 | 505 | #446 | 0.26 |
| 1993 | 639 | #371 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 611 | #379 | 0.31 |
| 1991 | 684 | #354 | 0.34 |
| 1990 | 725 | #341 | 0.35 |
| 1989 | 677 | #340 | 0.34 |
| 1988 | 710 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1987 | 738 | #290 | 0.40 |
| 1986 | 781 | #273 | 0.42 |
| 1985 | 687 | #297 | 0.37 |
| 1984 | 776 | #268 | 0.43 |
| 1983 | 757 | #273 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 793 | #269 | 0.44 |
| 1981 | 824 | #261 | 0.46 |
| 1980 | 832 | #262 | 0.47 |
| 1979 | 778 | #267 | 0.45 |
| 1978 | 797 | #254 | 0.49 |
| 1977 | 787 | #256 | 0.48 |
| 1976 | 826 | #243 | 0.53 |
| 1975 | 879 | #235 | 0.56 |
| 1974 | 886 | #234 | 0.56 |
| 1973 | 918 | #228 | 0.59 |
| 1972 | 961 | #224 | 0.59 |
| 1971 | 1,063 | #222 | 0.60 |
| 1970 | 1,170 | #214 | 0.63 |
| 1969 | 1,107 | #217 | 0.62 |
| 1968 | 1,167 | #199 | 0.67 |
| 1967 | 1,267 | #191 | 0.73 |
| 1966 | 1,269 | #193 | 0.71 |
| 1965 | 1,347 | #189 | 0.72 |
| 1964 | 1,515 | #183 | 0.76 |
| 1963 | 1,631 | #179 | 0.80 |
| 1962 | 1,625 | #184 | 0.79 |
| 1961 | 1,710 | #178 | 0.81 |
| 1960 | 1,788 | #175 | 0.84 |
| 1959 | 1,747 | #177 | 0.82 |
| 1958 | 1,814 | #169 | 0.85 |
| 1957 | 1,959 | #163 | 0.91 |
| 1956 | 1,957 | #160 | 0.93 |
| 1955 | 1,862 | #154 | 0.90 |
| 1954 | 1,955 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 1,913 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1952 | 1,847 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,917 | #142 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 1,881 | #144 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 1,810 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1948 | 1,868 | #145 | 1.1 |
| 1947 | 1,877 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1946 | 1,750 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1945 | 1,625 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,649 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1943 | 1,816 | #123 | 1.3 |
| 1942 | 1,723 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1941 | 1,704 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1940 | 1,531 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1939 | 1,553 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1938 | 1,596 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1937 | 1,685 | #112 | 1.6 |
| 1936 | 1,664 | #113 | 1.6 |
| 1935 | 1,683 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 1934 | 1,775 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1933 | 1,704 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1932 | 1,974 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 1931 | 1,993 | #92 | 1.9 |
| 1930 | 2,119 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 1929 | 2,056 | #91 | 1.9 |
| 1928 | 2,048 | #96 | 1.8 |
| 1927 | 1,976 | #99 | 1.8 |
| 1926 | 1,781 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1925 | 1,656 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1924 | 1,797 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1923 | 1,704 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1922 | 1,748 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1921 | 1,704 | #103 | 1.5 |
| 1920 | 1,763 | #97 | 1.7 |
| 1919 | 1,592 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,576 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1917 | 1,510 | #105 | 1.6 |
| 1916 | 1,441 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,452 | #100 | 1.7 |
| 1914 | 1,060 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1913 | 868 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1912 | 649 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1911 | 369 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1910 | 274 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1909 | 239 | #116 | 1.5 |
| 1908 | 223 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 212 | #112 | 1.4 |
| 1906 | 199 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1905 | 183 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1904 | 188 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1903 | 138 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1902 | 166 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1901 | 129 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1900 | 145 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 107 | #145 | 1.0 |
| 1898 | 143 | #127 | 1.2 |
| 1897 | 121 | #135 | 1.1 |
| 1896 | 129 | #131 | 1.1 |
| 1895 | 132 | #128 | 1.1 |
| 1894 | 139 | #116 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 122 | #124 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 120 | #133 | 1.0 |
| 1891 | 86 | #153 | 0.85 |
| 1890 | 116 | #125 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 105 | #137 | 0.95 |
| 1888 | 109 | #141 | 0.90 |
| 1887 | 102 | #127 | 1.0 |
| 1886 | 91 | #154 | 0.82 |
| 1885 | 77 | #172 | 0.71 |
| 1884 | 100 | #140 | 0.87 |
| 1883 | 92 | #136 | 0.88 |
| 1882 | 88 | #157 | 0.77 |
| 1881 | 92 | #133 | 0.91 |
| 1880 | 101 | #134 | 0.91 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gilbert a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gilbert has been given almost only to boys: 673 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gilbert: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gilbert, and how old are they?
61,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 130,821 Americans ever recorded as Gilbert. The median Gilbert alive today is 60 years old; half are between 42 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 68,862 people named Gilbert (155 women and girls, 68,707 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 69,364 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,910 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 22,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 14,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gilbert born?
The states with the most babies named Gilbert are California, Texas and New York, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 20,696 | #999 | 2.3× |
| Texas | 18,338 | #1,048 | 2.3× |
| New York | 8,695 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 4,973 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,955 | #1,038 | 0.6× |
| New Mexico | 4,103 | not ranked | 5.4× |
| Arizona | 4,033 | #875 | 3.8× |
| Ohio | 3,671 | #1,346 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 3,286 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 2,792 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Gilbert is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gilbert is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 5.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gilbert with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gilbert
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gilbert and names like it
- Compare Gilbert and NorrisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sGilbert peaked in 1930.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gilbert since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Gilbert: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1930The year the most babies were named Gilbert.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gilbert alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.