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Gibson

#1,680 in 2025Boys' name

Son of Gib

Gibson has been given to 5,561 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,680 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 262 recorded.

Babies named Gibson, 2025

1 in 33,800

Gibson over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gibson: meaning, origin, and history

Son of Gib

surname transfer

What Gibson means

Gibson means “son of Gib”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gibson is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Gibson is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Gibson is pronounced /ˈɡɪbsən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,410 boys were recorded with the name Gibson between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 262 in 2013; its best national rank was #724 in 1882.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,174 in 2020 to #1,680 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #947 in 2015 to #1,680 in 2025.

In the United States, 151 girls were recorded with the name Gibson between 1998 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2015; its best national rank was #7,386 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gibson?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,800
98 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,680
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
23,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gibson sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 23,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gibson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gibsons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gibson was born before 2011 — so the typical Gibson is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,863
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.8% of all recorded uses (2,261).

Is Gibson rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−57
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−506
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−733
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.4%
Peak was 2013 (262)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#724
1882

Spellings of Gibson

Gibson is not the most common spelling — Wilson is, with 56.8% against Gibson's 6.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gibson is used

Across 2016–2025, Gibson was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 3,704 boys, against 1 in 13,114 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

227 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 3,704
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 4,762
  3. 3Iowa1 in 5,882
  4. 4Indiana1 in 6,667
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 7,143
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 7,692
  7. 7Missouri1 in 8,333
  8. 8Utah1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gibson around the world

Where Gibson ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • France
    1993–2025
    #4,487
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Gibson

People whose public names include Gibson, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Gibson by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,680
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 506
Best rank ever
#724
1882
Peak year
2013
262 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,410
Count in 2025
98

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,386
1999
Peak year
2015
16 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
151
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gibson

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Gibson

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gibson, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Gibson

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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