Gilbert Name Popularity

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How popular is Gilbert?

In 2018 the uncommon name Gilbert, ranked the 1,146th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gilbert is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #90 in 1930 with 2,118 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Gilbert was 77 in 1885.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gilbert occurred roughly during the years 1905-1915, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1962-1968, 2007-2012, and 2014-2017.

Gilbert's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Gilbert for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gilbert?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Gilbert is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gilbert has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gilbert (Girl)		Gilbert (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	166	1,146
2017		< 5	--	194	1,032
2016		< 5	--	213	964
2015		< 5	--	209	985
2014		< 5	--	241	893
2013		< 5	--	233	892
2012		< 5	--	201	990
2011		< 5	--	242	868
2010		< 5	--	258	829
2009		< 5	--	278	802
2008		< 5	--	316	731
2007		< 5	--	347	684
2006		< 5	--	347	662
2005		< 5	--	378	598
2004		< 5	--	408	560
2003		< 5	--	361	596
2002		< 5	--	351	592
2001		< 5	--	408	536
2000		< 5	--	419	527
1999		< 5	--	419	508
1998		< 5	--	420	508
1997		< 5	--	448	481
1996		< 5	--	468	465
1995		< 5	--	502	453
1994		< 5	--	505	446
1993		< 5	--	639	371
1992		< 5	--	611	379
1991		6	12,018	686	354
1990		5	13,714	725	341
1989		< 5	--	677	340
1988		< 5	--	710	313
1987		< 5	--	738	290
1986		< 5	--	781	273
1985		12	5,774	686	297
1984		8	7,619	776	269
1983		< 5	--	757	273
1982		10	6,515	792	269
1981		7	8,409	822	263
1980		9	6,971	832	262
1979		10	6,346	778	267
1978		8	7,165	796	255
1977		5	10,128	786	256
1976		10	5,733	825	244
1975		6	8,333	879	235
1974		10	5,478	886	234
1973		10	5,303	918	228
1972		5	8,710	963	224
1971		7	6,840	1,065	220
1970		6	7,361	1,169	214
1969		6	6,907	1,109	216
1968		9	4,890	1,168	199
1967		11	4,130	1,267	191
1966		10	4,288	1,267	194
1965		7	5,459	1,347	189
1964		6	6,259	1,517	183
1963		11	4,107	1,629	180
1962		11	4,085	1,627	184
1961		7	5,487	1,709	178
1960		12	3,776	1,785	175
1959		13	3,500	1,745	177
1958		8	4,654	1,808	169
1957		12	3,546	1,956	163
1956		10	4,007	1,962	159
1955		6	5,429	1,852	156
1954		5	6,049	1,960	147
1953		10	3,791	1,911	148
1952		8	4,249	1,849	151
1951		< 5	--	1,916	142
1950		7	4,467	1,882	144
1949		10	3,467	1,811	147
1948		12	3,032	1,868	145
1947		5	5,610	1,874	146
1946		< 5	--	1,751	138
1945		9	3,228	1,623	130
1944		10	3,014	1,649	126
1943		13	2,606	1,813	123
1942		9	3,278	1,724	128
1941		< 5	--	1,704	117
1940		6	4,042	1,530	124
1939		6	3,944	1,552	115
1938		14	2,269	1,597	116
1937		< 5	--	1,684	112
1936		9	2,949	1,664	113
1935		11	2,627	1,684	111
1934		13	2,343	1,776	106
1933		10	2,753	1,703	104
1932		14	2,290	1,975	97
1931		12	2,478	1,991	92
1930		19	1,897	2,118	90
1929		7	3,826	2,057	91
1928		12	2,675	2,049	96
1927		15	2,375	1,976	99
1926		12	2,779	1,781	101
1925		10	3,202	1,656	105
1924		10	3,226	1,797	100
1923		14	2,523	1,704	102
1922		8	3,804	1,748	100
1921		8	3,807	1,704	103
1920		9	3,438	1,763	97
1919		6	4,478	1,592	102
1918		14	2,428	1,576	105
1917		11	2,767	1,510	105
1916		11	2,724	1,441	106
1915		11	2,600	1,452	100
1914		5	3,857	1,060	104
1913		6	2,982	868	103
1912		6	2,763	649	115
1911		6	2,303	369	103
1910		< 5	--	274	116
1909		< 5	--	239	116
1908		< 5	--	223	116
1907		< 5	--	212	112
1906		< 5	--	199	107
1905		< 5	--	183	117
1904		7	1,551	188	112
1903		< 5	--	138	137
1902		< 5	--	166	115
1901		< 5	--	129	131
1900		< 5	--	145	146
1899		< 5	--	107	145
1898		< 5	--	143	127
1897		< 5	--	121	135
1896		< 5	--	129	131
1895		< 5	--	132	128
1894		< 5	--	139	116
1893		< 5	--	122	124
1892		< 5	--	120	133
1891		< 5	--	86	153
1890		< 5	--	116	125
1889		< 5	--	105	137
1888		< 5	--	109	141
1887		< 5	--	102	127
1886		< 5	--	91	154
1885		< 5	--	77	172
1884		< 5	--	100	140
1883		< 5	--	92	136
1882		< 5	--	88	157
1881		< 5	--	92	133
1880		< 5	--	101	134

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.