Gilman is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Gilman is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1993. Gilman was first reported in SSA data in 1887 and peaked in 1918 (34 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6 | — | #7,984 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,603 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #3,867 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,673 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,771 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,789 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,363 |
| 1960 | 11 | — | #2,593 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,213 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | #2,308 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,327 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #2,480 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,819 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #1,859 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #2,423 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #2,740 |
| 1950 | 9 | — | #2,650 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | #1,894 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | #2,056 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #2,194 |
| 1946 | 20 | — | #1,615 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #1,651 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #1,653 |
| 1943 | 26 | — | #1,379 |
| 1942 | 22 | — | #1,509 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,503 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #1,756 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | #1,826 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #2,245 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,030 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | #1,561 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,679 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | #1,338 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,670 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #1,610 |
| 1931 | 25 | — | #1,407 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #1,851 |
| 1929 | 16 | — | #1,956 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | #1,789 |
| 1927 | 23 | — | #1,617 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,627 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | #1,761 |
| 1924 | 17 | — | #1,990 |
| 1923 | 22 | — | #1,663 |
| 1922 | 26 | — | #1,481 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | #1,671 |
| 1920 | 19 | — | #1,842 |
| 1919 | 22 | — | #1,593 |
| 1918 | 34 | — | #1,201 |
| 1917 | 24 | — | #1,457 |
| 1916 | 29 | — | #1,249 |
| 1915 | 21 | — | #1,526 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,635 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,335 |
| 1912 | 15 | — | #1,238 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,445 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #1,685 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,199 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,193 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #862 |