Gilbert is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2760 for boy births in the United States, given to 145 babies. Gilbert first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1930 (2,138 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #2,760 |
| 2024 | 135 | #2,913 |
| 2023 | 175 | #2,446 |
| 2022 | 162 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 159 | #2,574 |
| 2020 | 164 | #2,488 |
| 2019 | 175 | #2,404 |
| 2018 | 166 | #2,480 |
| 2017 | 196 | #2,225 |
| 2016 | 215 | #2,109 |
| 2015 | 211 | #2,140 |
| 2014 | 241 | #1,940 |
| 2013 | 234 | #1,943 |
| 2012 | 201 | #2,185 |
| 2011 | 242 | #1,883 |
| 2010 | 258 | #1,797 |
| 2009 | 278 | #1,736 |
| 2008 | 316 | #1,600 |
| 2007 | 347 | #1,497 |
| 2006 | 347 | #1,440 |
| 2005 | 378 | #1,309 |
| 2004 | 409 | #1,219 |
| 2003 | 361 | #1,309 |
| 2002 | 351 | #1,289 |
| 2001 | 408 | #1,142 |
| 2000 | 419 | #1,123 |
| 1999 | 419 | #1,084 |
| 1998 | 420 | #1,075 |
| 1997 | 448 | #1,001 |
| 1996 | 467 | #965 |
| 1995 | 502 | #930 |
| 1994 | 505 | #930 |
| 1993 | 639 | #766 |
| 1992 | 611 | #801 |
| 1991 | 690 | #729 |
| 1990 | 730 | #701 |
| 1989 | 677 | #715 |
| 1988 | 710 | #665 |
| 1987 | 738 | #625 |
| 1986 | 781 | #585 |
| 1985 | 699 | #634 |
| 1984 | 784 | #578 |
| 1983 | 757 | #586 |
| 1982 | 803 | #578 |
| 1981 | 831 | #558 |
| 1980 | 841 | #564 |
| 1979 | 788 | #575 |
| 1978 | 805 | #547 |
| 1977 | 792 | #557 |
| 1976 | 836 | #520 |
| 1975 | 885 | #508 |
| 1974 | 896 | #515 |
| 1973 | 928 | #496 |
| 1972 | 966 | #495 |
| 1971 | 1,070 | #489 |
| 1970 | 1,176 | #475 |
| 1969 | 1,113 | #473 |
| 1968 | 1,176 | #435 |
| 1967 | 1,278 | #417 |
| 1966 | 1,279 | #425 |
| 1965 | 1,354 | #419 |
| 1964 | 1,521 | #406 |
| 1963 | 1,642 | #391 |
| 1962 | 1,636 | #395 |
| 1961 | 1,717 | #379 |
| 1960 | 1,800 | #369 |
| 1959 | 1,760 | #376 |
| 1958 | 1,822 | #363 |
| 1957 | 1,971 | #346 |
| 1956 | 1,967 | #341 |
| 1955 | 1,868 | #333 |
| 1954 | 1,960 | #328 |
| 1953 | 1,923 | #319 |
| 1952 | 1,855 | #325 |
| 1951 | 1,917 | #308 |
| 1950 | 1,888 | #302 |
| 1949 | 1,820 | #314 |
| 1948 | 1,880 | #300 |
| 1947 | 1,882 | #305 |
| 1946 | 1,750 | #297 |
| 1945 | 1,634 | #279 |
| 1944 | 1,659 | #281 |
| 1943 | 1,829 | #272 |
| 1942 | 1,732 | #281 |
| 1941 | 1,704 | #263 |
| 1940 | 1,537 | #277 |
| 1939 | 1,559 | #266 |
| 1938 | 1,610 | #263 |
| 1937 | 1,685 | #252 |
| 1936 | 1,673 | #250 |
| 1935 | 1,694 | #246 |
| 1934 | 1,788 | #237 |
| 1933 | 1,714 | #234 |
| 1932 | 1,988 | #221 |
| 1931 | 2,005 | #214 |
| 1930 | 2,138 | #210 |
| 1929 | 2,063 | #214 |
| 1928 | 2,060 | #221 |
| 1927 | 1,991 | #231 |
| 1926 | 1,793 | #243 |
| 1925 | 1,666 | #259 |
| 1924 | 1,807 | #247 |
| 1923 | 1,718 | #251 |
| 1922 | 1,756 | #244 |
| 1921 | 1,712 | #252 |
| 1920 | 1,772 | #236 |
| 1919 | 1,598 | #246 |
| 1918 | 1,590 | #251 |
| 1917 | 1,521 | #246 |
| 1916 | 1,452 | #249 |
| 1915 | 1,463 | #235 |
| 1914 | 1,065 | #246 |
| 1913 | 874 | #244 |
| 1912 | 655 | #277 |
| 1911 | 375 | #295 |
| 1910 | 274 | #351 |
| 1909 | 239 | #349 |
| 1908 | 223 | #344 |
| 1907 | 212 | #344 |
| 1906 | 199 | #329 |
| 1905 | 183 | #357 |
| 1904 | 195 | #329 |
| 1903 | 138 | #400 |
| 1902 | 166 | #353 |
| 1901 | 129 | #387 |
| 1900 | 145 | #416 |
| 1899 | 107 | #428 |
| 1898 | 143 | #380 |
| 1897 | 121 | #393 |
| 1896 | 129 | #384 |
| 1895 | 132 | #375 |
| 1894 | 139 | #342 |
| 1893 | 122 | #363 |
| 1892 | 120 | #376 |
| 1891 | 86 | #416 |
| 1890 | 116 | #353 |
| 1889 | 105 | #367 |
| 1888 | 109 | #365 |
| 1887 | 102 | #327 |
| 1886 | 91 | #364 |
| 1885 | 77 | #399 |
| 1884 | 100 | #317 |
| 1883 | 92 | #306 |
| 1882 | 88 | #327 |
| 1881 | 92 | #281 |
| 1880 | 101 | #276 |