Gilberta

Girls' name

Feminine form of Gilberto

Gilberta has been given to 559 babies in the U.S. since 1897. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Gilberta, 1976

1 in 607,000

Gilberta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gilberta: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Gilberto

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gilberta means

Gilberta is a feminine form of Gilberto.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gilberta is used in Spanish (Mexican) and Italian (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /xil.ˈβeɾ.ta/ and /d͡ʒil.ˈbɛr.ta/ for Gilberta.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Gilberta → Gilberto → Gilberto. The family’s meaning is “pledge + bright, famous”, recorded in Spanish with the source elements gīslaz and berhtaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gilberto.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 559 girls were recorded with the name Gilberta between 1897 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1917; its best national rank was #1,558 in 1907.

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 Gilberta?

Gilberta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 607,000; 5 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 420,604 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gilberta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gilberta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gilbertas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gilberta was born before 1929 — so the typical Gilberta is around 96 today.

Median birth year: 1929; About 96 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 12.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 74; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (169).

Is Gilberta 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (24)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,558; 1907

Spellings of Gilberta

Gilberta is not the most common spelling — Alberta is, with 95.9% against Gilberta's 0.76%.

Alberta95.9%70,365
Elberta2.4%1,750
Gilbert0.92%673
Gilberta0.76%559

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.

Gilberta around the world

Where Gilberta 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.

France
1918–1930
#1,393
in 1930

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gilberta by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,558; 1907
Peak year: 1917; 24 that year
First recorded: 1897
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 559
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gilberta

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

Gilbert Gilberte Wilberta Delberta Gila Norberta Gillie Gilberto Laverta Luberta Laberta Giliana Gillian Herberta Huberta Albirta Wilburta Gilliana Elberta Gilma Elverta Gillianne Alverta Louberta

Sibling names for Gilberta

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

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Abe Isadore

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