Boys' name · since 1880
Gottlieb
320 babies named Gottlieb in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 320
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Gottlieb is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 320 have been recorded since 1880.
Gottlieb has 320 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1933.
- #10,222 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 320 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gottlieb ranks #10,222 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 320 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #10,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 320
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Gottlieb's 320 recorded births place it above 77.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by North Dakota.
Gottlieb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gottlieb's full recorded timeline at 1912, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gottlieb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1933
- Peak year (1915)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Gottlieb by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (143 births, 45% of the file).
1910s was Gottlieb's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Gottlieb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 36
1880s
36 births
- 1890s 33
1890s
33 births
- 1900s 25
1900s
25 births
- 1910s
1910s
143 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 143 births (45% of all-time use).
Gottlieb by state
Where Gottlieb concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Dakota | | 39 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 11 | 3.4% |
39 of 320 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Gottlieb's data
- Gottlieb's decade-level peak was the 1910s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Dakota records the most Gottliebs (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Dakota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gottlieb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1933 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gottlieb draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.