The name Gilbert is of Germanic origin, and means illustrious through hostages.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gilbert has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gilbert
Use of the Name Gilbert for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
125,207
47,704
14,921
4,191
1,937
760
400
The table below indicates the number of times the name Gilbert has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gilbert
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
134
101
1881
133
92
1882
157
88
1883
136
92
1884
140
100
1885
172
77
1886
154
91
1887
127
102
1888
141
109
1889
137
105
1890
125
116
1891
154
86
1892
133
120
1893
124
122
1894
116
139
1895
128
132
1896
131
129
1897
135
121
1898
128
143
1899
145
107
1900
147
145
1901
131
129
1902
115
166
1903
137
138
1904
112
188
1905
117
183
1906
107
199
1907
112
212
1908
116
223
1909
116
238
1910
116
274
1911
104
366
1912
115
648
1913
103
868
1914
104
1,059
1915
100
1,451
1916
106
1,443
1917
104
1,512
1918
105
1,575
1919
102
1,595
1920
97
1,765
1921
103
1,706
1922
100
1,744
1923
101
1,711
1924
100
1,792
1925
106
1,650
1926
101
1,785
1927
100
1,971
1928
96
2,044
1929
91
2,050
1930
90
2,111
1931
92
1,988
1932
97
1,973
1933
104
1,694
1934
106
1,773
1935
111
1,687
1936
113
1,659
1937
113
1,677
1938
116
1,599
1939
115
1,557
1940
124
1,525
1941
117
1,695
1942
128
1,731
1943
123
1,797
1944
128
1,633
1945
130
1,619
1946
137
1,749
1947
146
1,872
1948
145
1,862
1949
147
1,806
1950
144
1,880
1951
141
1,914
1952
152
1,843
1953
148
1,904
1954
148
1,953
1955
157
1,846
1956
160
1,954
1957
163
1,957
1958
169
1,803
1959
177
1,741
1960
174
1,793
1961
178
1,702
1962
184
1,628
1963
179
1,631
1964
183
1,517
1965
189
1,349
1966
194
1,266
1967
191
1,267
1968
199
1,169
1969
216
1,110
1970
215
1,163
1971
221
1,064
1972
224
962
1973
228
918
1974
234
884
1975
235
879
1976
245
823
1977
257
784
1978
254
796
1979
267
777
1980
262
834
1981
264
818
1982
268
792
1983
273
757
1984
268
774
1985
296
687
1986
273
781
1987
290
737
1988
313
711
1989
339
677
1990
341
723
1991
351
688
1992
379
609
1993
370
638
1994
446
504
1995
452
501
1996
464
468
1997
482
448
1998
507
420
1999
508
417
2000
526
419
2001
535
407
2002
591
351
2003
595
360
2004
560
400
Totals:
125,207
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Gilbert as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.