first name
GIDEON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,597 people named Gideon, 68.5% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Black and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gideon peaked in 2017, when 1,161 babies got the name.
At least 22,302 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Gideon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #636. The largest share of babies named Gideon, 60.3%, 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 Gideon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gideon has been most common in Alaska (4.8×), Idaho (3.4×), and Utah (3.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).
19,062 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.
Either side of Gideon
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gideon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gideon ranks #7,913 of 156,621, with 4,023 people. See Gideon as a last name
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