Gilberto — #1433 US boys' name
28,526 babies named Gilberto in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Gilberto was born in this single decade.
559 babies were named Gilberto in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gilberto
The Social Security Administration has registered 28,526 babies named Gilberto between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gilberto currently holds the #1433 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 559 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilberto performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,074 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gilberto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,415 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gilberto in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gilberto 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 28,526 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.
Gilberto at a glance
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Current rank
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Gilberto popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (1993)
- 559
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #1433 among boys.
28,526 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 559 births in a single year.
Gilberto popularity over time — girls
58 total births recorded since 1938 (Gilberto as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Gilberto accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gilberto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5,074 births that decade — 18% of Gilberto's all-time total
Gilberto decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,074 births
- Runner-up 4,361 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gilberto's strongest decade
5,074 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Gilberto by state
Where Gilberto concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11,415 | 40.0% |
| #2 | California | | 7,365 | 25.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,905 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,089 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 1,055 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 726 | 2.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 461 | 1.6% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 336 | 1.2% |
11,415 of 28,526 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 40.0% of nationwide
- California 25.8% of nationwide
- New York 6.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 40.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Gilberto appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1903–2024 (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.