Gilbert

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,328in 2025
  • 1 in 11,779boys in 2025
  • −23%last ten years
  • 1.8×in California

Most popular in 1930. Quieter now: down 23% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

09661,93118801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Gilbert, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880914
1881913
1882774
1883879
1884874
1885714
1886821
18871,006
1888902
1889950
18901,045
1891850
1892983
18931,086
18941,201
18951,124
18961,079
18971,073
18981,166
18991,007
1900964
19011,212
19021,353
19031,157
19041,467
19051,383
19061,495
19071,444
19081,445
19091,457
19101,411
19111,633
19121,510
19131,693
19141,619
19151,711
19161,619
19171,632
19181,555
19191,624
19201,656
19211,547
19221,606
19231,555
19241,586
19251,484
19261,604
19271,753
19281,849
19291,911
19301,931
19311,917
19321,891
19331,719
19341,719
19351,616
19361,604
19371,580
19381,439
19391,403
19401,321
19411,387
19421,248
19431,272
19441,210
19451,207
19461,078
19471,026
19481,065
19491,020
19501,051
19511,018
1952950
1953970
1954959
1955904
1956925
1957908
1958855
1959818
1960839
1961805
1962785
1963803
1964760
1965724
1966712
1967727
1968671
1969619
1970630
1971601
1972593
1973589
1974563
1975563
1976526
1977479
1978485
1979452
1980466
1981460
1982437
1983422
1984430
1985372
1986424
1987395
1988371
1989338
1990353
1991339
1992306
1993326
1994261
1995264
1996247
1997238
1998220
1999218
2000213
2001210
2002181
2003183
2004206
2005189
2006169
2007167
2008155
2009140
2010134
2011127
2012106
2013124
2014125
2015110
2016113
2017106
201891
201998
202095
202191
202293
2023102
202478
202585

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.8×
  2. Texas 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
145
Rank in 2025
#1,328
How rare
1 in 11,779 boys
Since 1880
130,148

Most popular in 1930, at 1,931 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 23% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.8×83
Texas1.7×78

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.