Gottlieb
Gottlieb was last recorded in 1933, when 6 babies were given it; 320 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1933 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gottlieb by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gottlieb mean?
Wiktionary, German section
Gottlieb is “a male given name” Its etymology gives the senses “God” (got) and “descendant, son” (leiba).
Old High German got (“God”) + Old High German leiba (“descendant, son”). Used by Pietists as a translation of Amadeus and Theophil through the folk etymology Gott + lieb (“beloved”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, German section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gottlieb?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #3,428, in 1933; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
34 babies in 1915, the peak
Gottlieb peaked in 1915, when 34 boys were given it, #1,110 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 6 | #3,428 | 6.1 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,414 | 6.4 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,423 | 4.4 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,519 | 6.3 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,637 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,504 | 10.9 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,548 | 11.0 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,662 | 6.4 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,783 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,191 | 14.3 |
Every recorded year (34)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 18 | #1,854 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,501 | 24.9 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,316 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,110 | 40.1 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,637 | 22.9 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,395 | 29.3 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,383 | 14.0 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,483 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,549 | 30.5 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,255 | 40.9 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,193 | 41.9 |
| 1902 | 9 | #818 | 73.4 |
| 1899 | 7 | #894 | 65.9 |
| 1895 | 7 | #921 | 59.6 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,147 | 43.2 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,138 | 41.0 |
| 1890 | 9 | #695 | 81.1 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,027 | 45.2 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,095 | 41.4 |
| 1887 | 5 | #983 | 49.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,022 | 45.1 |
| 1884 | 6 | #899 | 52.4 |
| 1883 | 5 | #953 | 47.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #965 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gottlieb a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gottlieb has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 34 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gottlieb: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gottlieb, and how old are they?
Almost everyone recorded as Gottlieb was born before 1900, so the estimate of Americans with the name alive today rounds to none. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gottlieb
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gottlieb and names like it
- Compare Gottlieb and OlafBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sGottlieb peaked in 1915.
- North Dakota’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gottlieb since 1910.
- German namesWiktionary’s origin for Gottlieb: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Gottlieb.
- Names starting with GMost given first.