Gilead — #9303 US boys' name
90 babies named Gilead in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Gilead was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Gilead in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gilead
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Gilead between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gilead currently holds the #9303 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilead performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gilead shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gilead 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 90 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.
Gilead at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gilead popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #9303 among boys.
90 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 11 births in a single year.
Gilead by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 39 births that decade — 43% of Gilead's all-time total
Gilead decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gilead's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1992–2024 (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.