Gildo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gildo

The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Gildo between 1912 and 1956, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gildo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gildo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gildo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Gildo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gildo 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 177 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.