How rare is the name Gilberto?

40,957 people in the United States have the first name Gilberto, about 1 in 7,374. It ranks #1,028 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GILBERTO

#1,028

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,957
About
1 in 7,374
This common or more
70.4%
Who bears it

Of the 40,957 people named Gilberto, 96% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gilberto peaked in 1993, when 559 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
559
In 2025*
114 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 28,700 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.

Gilberto by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #931. The largest share of babies named Gilberto, 25.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#3,33226
1910s#1,998324
1920s#1,2911,069
1930s#1,1041,225
1940s#1,1591,397
1950s#1,2021,888
1960s#1,0142,896
1970s#9313,634
1980s#9404,048
1990s#9355,084
2000s#1,1864,361
2010s#2,2191,987
2020s#3,030761
Greatest Generation 1901–273.9%
Silent Generation 1928–458%
Baby boom 1946–6413.7%
Generation X 1965–8019.4%
Millennials 1981–9625.4%
Generation Z 1997–1222.8%
2013 and later6.9%

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 Gilberto is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gilberto has been most common in Texas (5.8×), Arizona (3.3×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.03×).

25,765 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Gilberto ranks #57,805 of 156,621, with 380 people. See Gilberto as a last name

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