Gilbert
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Gilbert
Considered ultra debonair in the silent-movie era, Gilbert then went through a nerdy phase, a la Gilbert Gottfried. Now though, like Albert and Alfred and Walter and Frank, it could be in for a style revival.
Gilbert has always been on the US popularity list, reaching as high as Number 90 in 1930. The Normans introduced Gilbert to England, where it was common during the Middle Ages; it was the name of a 12th century English saint.
Gilberts have appeared in such books as Henry James's Portrait of a Lady, Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, and Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and on screen in The Incredibles and as embodied by the young Johnny Depp in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?. The most famous portrait painter of George Washington was Gilbert Stuart.
Nickname Gil could come back along with Hal, but even more appealing are Gib or Gibby.
Gilbert is also given to girls.
Pronounced GIL-bert.
As of October 2026, Gilbert ranked #1330 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #90 in 1930, Nameberry popularity #707.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #895 | 241 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #985 | 210 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #958 | 215 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,026 | 196 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,154 | 166 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,121 | 175 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,174 | 164 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,215 | 159 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,229 | 160 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,173 | 175 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,394 | 134 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,330 | 145 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Gilbert for boys
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Gilbert on lists
Famous Gilberts
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Joseph Paul Yves Roch) Gilbert du Motier (de Lafayette), Marquis de Lafayette, French officer in the American Revolution
- Gilbert Keith ChestertonBoy
English writer
- Gilbert Charles StuartBoy
American painter
- Gilbert GottfriedBoy
American actor/comedian
- Gilbert Jay ArenasBoy
American basketball player
- Gilbert BurnetBoy
Scottish theologian
- Gilbert RyleBoy
English philosopher
- Gilbert Fowler WhiteBoy
American geographer
- Gilbert WhiteBoy
English naturalist
- Gilbert RolandBoy
American actor
- Gilbert Newton LewisBoy
American physical chemist
- Gilbert SorrentinoBoy
American novelist and poet
- Gilbert FoliotBoy
medieval Bishop of London
- Gilbert James Glenn (b. 2012)Boy
son of TV anchor Fredricka Whitfield and John Glenn; twin sister Nola Amanda
- Gilbert Malone (b. 2013)Boy
son of choirmaster and TV personality Gareth Malone
- Gilbert MelendezBoy
UFC featherweight fighter
Gilbert in pop culture
- Gilbert BlytheBoy
character in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series
- Gilbert GreenleafBoy
character in "Castle Dangerous" by Sir Walter Scott
- Gilbert PinfoldBoy
character in "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" by Evelyn Waugh
- Gilbert BeilschmidtBoy
Personification of Prussia in "Axis Powers: Hetalia"
- Gilbert "Gil" GrissomBoy
character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
- Gilbert GrapeBoy
main character in movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"
- Gilbert LawsonBoy
character on TV's "Community"
- Gilbert MarkhamBoy
character in 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte
- Gilbert "Gil" NightrayBoy
character in the manga/anime "Pandora Hearts"
- Gilbert BingleyBoy
character in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
- Elena and Jeremy GilbertBoy
characters on TV's The Vampire Diaries