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Gideon

Pronounced /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/

Rank in 2024
#331
Born in 2024
1,042
Peak year
2017 · #304
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,042 boys were named Gideon, about 1 in every 1,646.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 1,161 babies, ranked #304.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 21,256 boys have been named Gideon since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Gideon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 396 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 223 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 308 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 600 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,332 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,866 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12,415 babies, 0.57 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").

  • A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈɡɪd.i.ən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Gideon, CC BY-SA 4.0.