Gibson

Boy · GIB-sun · English

Gibson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Gilbert”. In 2025 it ranked 1,677th for boys in the US (98 babies).

What does Gibson mean?

English: English surname

“son of Gilbert”

From an English surname meaning son of Gib, a medieval pet form of Gilbert; also known from Gibson guitars.

Say it: GIB-sun

Is Gibson a girl's or a boy's name?

Gibson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 98 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gibson in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Gibson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 9 in 20172023

Gibson in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	3	#5,193
2022	0	–
2021	1	#6,364
2020	3	#4,803
2019	5	#3,597
2018	3	#4,959
2017	9	#2,461
2016	7	#2,947
2015	0	–
2014	3	#4,829
2013	0	–
2012	0	–
2011	0	–
2010	7	#2,775
2009	3	#4,691
2008	3	#4,615
2007	0	–
2006	1	#5,377
2005	0	–
2004	4	#3,147
2003	0	–
2002	3	#3,325

How popular is Gibson in the US?

Rank in 2025: #1,677among boys
Babies in 2025: 98about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 98 boys in the US were named Gibson, making it the 1,677th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,172nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 262 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.

Half of all the boys named Gibson in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1882Busiest: 262 in 20132025

Gibson in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	98	#1,677
2024	105	#1,620
2023	108	#1,608
2022	97	#1,731
2021	143	#1,307
2020	164	#1,172
2019	173	#1,127
2018	213	#975
2017	230	#920
2016	230	#923
2015	220	#947
2014	259	#856
2013	262	#823
2012	250	#850
2011	222	#910
2010	202	#976
2009	178	#1,059
2008	159	#1,142
2007	140	#1,255
2006	121	#1,345
2005	119	#1,288
2004	110	#1,333
2003	95	#1,398
2002	80	#1,540
2001	76	#1,568
2000	48	#2,083
1999	59	#1,730
1998	58	#1,738
1997	43	#2,057
1996	43	#2,013
1995	38	#2,135
1994	35	#2,254
1993	25	#2,780
1992	32	#2,298
1991	13	#4,223
1990	27	#2,483
1989	22	#2,778
1988	12	#3,910
1987	11	#3,954
1986	13	#3,437
1985	12	#3,596
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	11	#3,690
1981	10	#3,856
1980	6	#5,523
1979	0	–
1978	8	#4,155
1977	5	#5,843
1976	5	#5,584
1975	7	#4,307
1974	10	#3,316
1973	5	#5,099
1972	7	#3,960
1971	12	#2,811
1970	7	#3,834
1969	5	#4,403
1968	13	#2,310
1967	7	#3,229
1966	11	#2,464
1965	16	#1,986
1964	15	#2,113
1963	13	#2,299
1962	7	#3,303
1961	8	#3,095
1960	12	#2,421
1959	14	#2,199
1958	8	#3,031
1957	12	#2,374
1956	9	#2,796
1955	12	#2,301
1954	13	#2,206
1953	12	#2,286
1952	13	#2,152
1951	13	#2,134
1950	12	#2,206
1949	16	#1,871
1948	7	#3,009
1947	12	#2,250
1946	22	#1,508
1945	13	#1,925
1944	0	–
1943	17	#1,763
1942	10	#2,385
1941	7	#2,871
1940	9	#2,478
1939	10	#2,288
1938	8	#2,646
1937	14	#1,913
1936	0	–
1935	11	#2,246
1934	7	#2,972
1933	13	#1,997
1932	17	#1,777
1931	16	#1,843
1930	9	#2,779
1929	10	#2,588
1928	17	#1,902
1927	11	#2,523
1926	13	#2,302
1925	20	#1,744
1924	10	#2,821
1923	18	#1,873
1922	20	#1,765
1921	18	#1,903
1920	18	#1,885
1919	16	#1,972
1918	16	#1,997
1917	15	#1,985
1916	20	#1,593
1915	14	#1,967
1914	10	#2,100
1913	15	#1,364
1912	12	#1,416
1911	6	#1,536
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	6	#1,216
1907	0	–
1906	5	#1,252
1905	0	–
1904	7	#966
1903	5	#1,129
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	5	#1,050
1898	0	–
1897	9	#725
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	5	#959
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	0	–
1882	8	#691

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