Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Gilbert

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

Endangered Down 93.7% from peak

Peak era

1930

Peak rank proxy

2,119

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19302024

Peak year

1930

Decline from peak

93.7%

2024

134

All-time

129,999

Gilbert once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1930, when 2,119 boys were named Gilbert.

In 2024, only 134 boys were given the name.

Down 93.7% from its peak.

All told, about 129,999 Americans have been named Gilbert and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 93.7% from peak

19302,119 boys named Gilbert

2024134 boys named Gilbert

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