NameTides

Gibson

Gibson was the #1,677 boys' name in the US in 2025 (98 babies), and #1,718 in Canada.

Gibson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Gibson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Gibson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,677 (98)—#1,718 (12)
2024#1,620 (105)—#1,432 (15)
2023#1,608 (108)#4,992 (3)#1,234 (17)
2022#1,731 (97)—#1,092 (20)
2021#1,307 (143)—#1,277 (16)
2020#1,172 (164)#4,608 (3)#999 (22)
2019#1,127 (173)#4,702 (3)#882 (26)
2018#975 (213)#4,749 (3)#697 (36)
2017#920 (230)#2,734 (7)#637 (40)
2016#923 (230)#3,079 (6)#793 (31)
2015#947 (220)—#847 (27)
2014#856 (259)#4,632 (3)#928 (24)
2013#823 (262)—#760 (31)
2012#850 (250)—#750 (31)
2011#910 (222)—#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #823.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.
  • In 2023, 7% of US babies named Gibson were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Gibson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gibson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Gibson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Gibson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GibsonCanadaBoys#1,71812
GibsonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
GibsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
GibsonUSGirls—too few
GibsonUSBoys#1,67798