Gedeon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GEH-deh-on
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Gedeon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “one who cuts down”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gedeon mean?
Hebrew: Polish and French form of Gideon
“one who cuts down”
Gideon is the biblical judge who defeated the Midianites with only 300 men.
Is Gedeon a girl's or a boy's name?
Gedeon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gedeon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Gedeon, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Gedeon than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Gedeon in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gedeon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Gedeon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gideon Finnegan Cassian Jayceon Callahan Cohen Caspian Kayden Killian Elian Callan Eliam
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gedeon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gedeon, updated 20 October 2026.