Gilbert

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gilbert: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gilbert: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #232, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#232highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#1850
2000	#1425
2001	#1379
2002	#2636
2003	#2189
2004	#1222
2005	#1047
2006	#914
2007	#926
2008	#836
2009	#1175
2010	#1241
2011	#907
2012	#977
2013	#783
2014	#1012
2015	#1046
2016	#858
2017	#1068
2018	#1235
2019	#1217
2020	#1548
2021	#1218
2022	#1268
2023	#1610
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–1988
Highest recorded position: #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1988).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gilbert appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 570 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1964.

Gilbert across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gilbert's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#783 (2013)	#1460 (2024)	29 of 29	570 (1996–2024)	40 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#232 (1964)	#319 (1988)	7 of 25	24 (1964–1988)	4 (1970)

Gilbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gilbert in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	171	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	282	10 of 10	28
2020s	91	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gilbert appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Gilbert's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1218	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#858	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1012	28	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#783	40	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#907	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#836	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #232, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gillian · #27, 68y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clair · #237, 37y
Serine · #237, 37y
Magni · #226, 33y
Mika · #238, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Claudine · #232, 28y
Criona · #232, 12y
Dudley · #232, 28y
Fiach · #232, 35y

Gilbert was ranked #232 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gilbert and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gilbert without appearing here.

Gilbert moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Ole Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #3651.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1222 and #3009.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1047 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Gilbert

Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #924.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #1110.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #1113.

Moved the opposite way to Gilbert

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Gilbert went from #2901 to #1268 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gilbert went from #2636 to #1460 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gilbert went from #914 to #1460 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Morten Compare
Between 1997 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Gilbert went from #1761 to #1046 while Morten went from #2859 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #232 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gilbert

Gilbert at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gilbert across 2 official records

Gilbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Gilbert at a glance

Gilbert across 2 official records

Gilbert by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Gilbert

Gilbert and the names beside it

Gilbert moved ahead of

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