first name
GIBSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,463 people named Gibson, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Black and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 95% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gibson peaked in 2013, when 268 babies got the name.
At least 5,561 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gibson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,982. The largest share of babies named Gibson, 42.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gibson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gibson has been most common in Michigan (3×), Utah (2.9×), and Indiana (2.3×), and least common in New York (0.24×).
2,816 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Gibson ranks #136 of 156,621, with 182,917 people. See Gibson as a last name
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