How rare is the name Gilbert?

68,862 people in the United States have the first name Gilbert, about 1 in 4,386. It ranks #742 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GILBERT

#742

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
68,862
About
1 in 4,386
This common or more
65.5%
Who bears it

Of the 68,862 people named Gilbert, 48.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 34.4% as White and 9.3% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gilbert peaked in 1930, when 2,138 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1930
Births that year
2,138
In 2025*
145 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 130,821 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.

Gilbert by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #242. The largest share of babies named Gilbert, 26.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#331957
1890s#3781,215
1900s#3551,829
1910s#25410,867
1920s#24218,338
1930s#24517,854
1940s#29017,427
1950s#33718,931
1960s#41214,516
1970s#5189,142
1980s#6137,621
1990s#8875,431
2000s#1,3513,614
2010s#2,1062,139
2020s#2,634940
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2720.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4524.5%
Baby boom 1946–6426.4%
Generation X 1965–8012.4%
Millennials 1981–968.4%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later1.8%

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 Gilbert is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gilbert has been most common in New Mexico (6.2×), Hawaii (3×), and Arizona (2.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.08×).

121,919 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 Gilbert

#740 Reginald · 68,879#741 Dalton · 68,878#743 Cristian · 68,806#744 Simon · 68,780

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gilbert, most common first.

#1,028 Gilberto · 40,957#16,536 Gilberta · 680#26,708 Gilberte · 347#27,350 Gilber · 335#47,514 Gilverto · 137

Also a last name

As a last name, Gilbert ranks #284 of 156,621, with 108,832 people. See Gilbert as a last name

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