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Gilbert

Pronounced /ˈɡɪlbɚt/

Rank in 2024
#1,396
Born in 2024
134
Peak year
1930 · #90
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 134 boys were named Gilbert, about 1 in every 12,801.
  • It peaked in 1930 with 2,119 babies, ranked #90.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 129,999 boys have been named Gilbert since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 1.6
    Greatest
  2. 1.5
    Silent
  3. 0.9
    Boomers
  4. 0.6
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 26,597 babies, 1.59 per 1,000. Silent: 31,898 babies, 1.54 per 1,000. Boomers: 34,424 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen X: 16,056 babies, 0.59 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,876 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,602 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,229 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old French Gislebert, from Proto-Germanic *Gīslaberhtaz, from *gīslaz (“pledge”) +‎ *berhtaz (“bright, famous”).

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɡɪlbɚt/

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