Gideon is an established boys' name that peaked in 2017 and remains in steady use.
Gideon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #337 for boy births in the United States (and #659 across all names), given to 993 babies. Gideon first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (1,161 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 993 | 993 | — | #337 |
| 2024 | 1,054 | 1,054 | — | #329 |
| 2023 | 1,047 | 1,047 | — | #318 |
| 2022 | 1,036 | 1,036 | #10,658 | #330 |
| 2021 | 1,091 | 1,091 | #12,646 | #308 |
| 2020 | 1,031 | 1,031 | — | #321 |
| 2019 | 1,043 | 1,043 | — | #320 |
| 2018 | 1,113 | 1,113 | #16,514 | #308 |
| 2017 | 1,161 | 1,161 | — | #304 |
| 2016 | 1,034 | 1,034 | — | #336 |
| 2015 | 1,055 | 1,055 | — | #327 |
| 2014 | 944 | 944 | — | #348 |
| 2013 | 846 | 846 | — | #367 |
| 2012 | 765 | 765 | — | #391 |
| 2011 | 694 | 694 | #17,703 | #411 |
| 2010 | 576 | 576 | — | #460 |
| 2009 | 486 | 486 | — | #544 |
| 2008 | 504 | 504 | — | #530 |
| 2007 | 490 | 490 | — | #526 |
| 2006 | 433 | 433 | — | #575 |
| 2005 | 304 | 304 | — | #684 |
| 2004 | 290 | 290 | — | #688 |
| 2003 | 290 | 290 | — | #674 |
| 2002 | 232 | 232 | #14,194 | #764 |
| 2001 | 257 | 257 | — | #699 |
| 2000 | 180 | 180 | — | #876 |
| 1999 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,029 |
| 1998 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,073 |
| 1997 | 121 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1996 | 112 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1995 | 137 | — | — | #950 |
| 1994 | 101 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1993 | 106 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1992 | 82 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1991 | 95 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1990 | 78 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1989 | 100 | — | — | #1,031 |
| 1988 | 78 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1987 | 80 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1986 | 60 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1985 | 51 | — | — | #1,363 |
| 1984 | 60 | — | — | #1,181 |
| 1983 | 48 | — | — | #1,351 |
| 1982 | 77 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1981 | 67 | — | — | #1,115 |
| 1980 | 83 | — | — | #992 |
| 1979 | 46 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1978 | 37 | — | — | #1,548 |
| 1977 | 42 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1976 | 42 | — | — | #1,383 |
| 1975 | 49 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1974 | 44 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1973 | 36 | — | — | #1,413 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | — | #1,272 |
| 1971 | 37 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | — | #1,725 |
| 1969 | 38 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1968 | 22 | — | — | #1,710 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | — | #1,933 |
| 1966 | 21 | — | — | #1,700 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | — | #1,952 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | — | #2,148 |
| 1963 | 26 | — | — | #1,554 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,689 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | — | #2,362 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | — | #2,160 |
| 1959 | 20 | — | — | #1,829 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | — | #2,415 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | — | #2,221 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | — | #1,773 |
| 1955 | 20 | — | — | #1,753 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | — | #2,149 |
| 1953 | 15 | — | — | #2,065 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,421 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | — | #1,862 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | — | #1,841 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | — | #2,878 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,258 |
| 1947 | 17 | — | — | #1,874 |
| 1946 | 19 | — | — | #1,663 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | — | #2,462 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,720 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | — | #2,323 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | — | #1,826 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,733 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | — | #2,117 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | — | #1,909 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | — | #2,244 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,604 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | — | #2,461 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | — | #3,425 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | — | #2,524 |
| 1931 | 13 | — | — | #2,145 |
| 1930 | 14 | — | — | #2,114 |
| 1929 | 29 | — | — | #1,324 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | — | #2,089 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | — | #1,491 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | — | #1,860 |
| 1925 | 14 | — | — | #2,239 |
| 1924 | 24 | — | — | #1,595 |
| 1923 | 29 | — | — | #1,368 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | — | #1,917 |
| 1921 | 25 | — | — | #1,524 |
| 1920 | 28 | — | — | #1,399 |
| 1919 | 26 | — | — | #1,423 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | — | #1,937 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | — | #1,048 |
| 1916 | 23 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | — | #1,822 |
| 1914 | 22 | — | — | #1,285 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1912 | 14 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | — | #1,249 |
| 1909 | 11 | — | — | #915 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,253 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,117 |
| 1900 | 11 | — | — | #807 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #980 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #838 |
| 1888 | 13 | — | — | #565 |
| 1887 | 8 | — | — | #707 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | — | #619 |
| 1885 | 13 | — | — | #529 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #677 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #952 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #879 |
| 1881 | 7 | — | — | #740 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | — | #616 |