girls:
151 births since 1998
#5565 (3rd percentile)
boys:
5.2k births since 1882
#1659 (64th percentile)
overall:
5.4k births since 1882
#3730 (52nd percentile)
The name Gibson is the #3,730 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,357 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 51.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,659 (63.8% percentile) for all time with 5,206 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,565 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 151 births since 1998.
Gibson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Gibson is available in 116 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Gibson has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.1% of babies named Gibson were boys.
For boys, Gibson reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 28.2% percentile (ranked #638) with 130 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 130 births per million (ranked 28.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Gibson ranks #808 for boys (11.3% percentile) with 59 births per million, which is 45.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Gibson reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #949) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Gibson ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 55.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gibson".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gibson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Gibson is pronounced as GIHB-suhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JIHB-suhn, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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