Boys' name · peaked in 1993
Gilberto name popularity since 1925
27,918 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Gilberto. Half of them were born in 1985 or earlier, so the typical Gilberto is about 41 years old in 2026. Gilberto peaked in 1993 as the #416 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,918
- Named Gilberto, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,521 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 58 girls · 27,860 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 5.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Gilberto made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Gilberto births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Gilberto both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 2007 and 2012, Gilberto's share of baby boys fell by 41%, from 1 in 4,890 to 1 in 8,250.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Gilberto's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Gilberto.
Decade by decade
Babies named Gilberto in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 637 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 1,219 | #546 |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,397 | #457 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,888 | #563 |
| 1960s | 10 | 2,886 | #466 |
| 1970s | 15 | 3,619 | #419 |
| 1980s | 17 | 4,031 | #449 |
| 1990s | 10 | 5,074 | #455 |
| 2000s | 0 | 4,361 | #530 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,987 | #1,053 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 761 | #1,521 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.1% of babies named Gilberto from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Gilberto is most popular
The index compares Gilberto's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Gilberto.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5.48× | 10,912 |
| Arizona | 3.11× | 1,024 |
| California | 2.74× | 7,356 |
| New York | 0.99× | 1,905 |
| Illinois | 0.88× | 1,089 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Gilberto's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Gilberto.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Gilberto (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data