Gilchrist — boys' name
18 babies named Gilchrist in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Gilchrist was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Gilchrist in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gilchrist
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Gilchrist between 1989 and 1994, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gilchrist currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilchrist performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gilchrist shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gilchrist 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 18 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.
Gilchrist at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gilchrist popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1989
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
18 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Gilchrist by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 67% of Gilchrist's all-time total
Gilchrist decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gilchrist's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–1994 (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.