Gideon
Gideon is ranked 331st among boys in 2024 (1,042 births). Its best rank was 304th, in 2017.
- Rank in 2024
- #331down 13 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0420.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20171,161 births
- Best rank
- #304in 2017
- Since 1880
- 21,256people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,256 boys have been named Gideon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 1,161 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 43%. It has spent 40 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gideon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 81 | |
| 1890s | 24 | |
| 1900s | 40 | |
| 1910s | 185 | |
| 1920s | 226 | |
| 1930s | 115 | |
| 1940s | 120 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 207 | |
| 1970s | 402 | |
| 1980s | 703 | |
| 1990s | 1,090 | |
| 2000s | 3,458 | |
| 2010s | 9,220 | |
| 2020s | 5,225 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Gideon was the 304th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Gideon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Matthiaspeak 2018
- Zekepeak 2022
- Maximilianopeak 2019
- Nikolaipeak 2016
- Thatcherpeak 2021
- Audenpeak 2020
- Abdielpeak 2019
- Rayanpeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.