Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gideon

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gideon
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

1,161

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

10.2%

2024

1,042

All-time

21,256

Gideon has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 1,161 boys were named Gideon.

In 2024, only 1,042 boys were given the name.

Down 10.2% from its peak.

All told, about 21,256 Americans have been named Gideon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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