Gideon
Boy · GID-ee-un · Hebrew
Gideon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “feller, hewer”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 337th for boys in the US (993 babies).
What does Gideon mean?
Hebrew
“feller, hewer”
In the Book of Judges, Gideon is a judge who defeats the Midianites with only 300 men.
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- GID-ee-un
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Is Gideon a girl's or a boy's name?
Gideon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 993 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gideon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #986among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Gideon, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 58 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gideon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 976th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Gideon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 42 | #853 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 44 | #793 |
| 2019 | 41 | #829 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 58 | #675 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 48 | #737 |
| 2013 | 50 | #729 |
| 2012 | 46 | #779 |
| 2011 | 50 | #710 |
| 2010 | 40 | #817 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 48 | #652 |
| 2005 | 32 | #832 |
| 2004 | 40 | #665 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 34 | #604 |
| 1998 | 28 | #688 |
| 1997 | 24 | #741 |
| 1996 | 26 | #662 |
How popular is Gideon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 993about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 993 boys in the US were named Gideon, making it the 337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 321st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 1,161 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Gideon than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Gideon in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gideon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 993 | #337 |
| 2024 | 1,054 | #329 |
| 2023 | 1,047 | #318 |
| 2022 | 1,027 | #330 |
| 2021 | 1,084 | #308 |
| 2020 | 1,031 | #321 |
| 2019 | 1,043 | #320 |
| 2018 | 1,108 | #308 |
| 2017 | 1,161 | #304 |
| 2016 | 1,034 | #336 |
| 2015 | 1,055 | #327 |
| 2014 | 944 | #348 |
| 2013 | 846 | #367 |
| 2012 | 765 | #391 |
| 2011 | 689 | #411 |
| 2010 | 576 | #460 |
| 2009 | 486 | #542 |
| 2008 | 504 | #530 |
| 2007 | 490 | #526 |
| 2006 | 433 | #575 |
| 2005 | 304 | #683 |
| 2004 | 290 | #688 |
| 2003 | 290 | #674 |
| 2002 | 226 | #761 |
| 2001 | 257 | #697 |
| 2000 | 180 | #873 |
| 1999 | 135 | #1,026 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,069 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,049 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,077 |
| 1995 | 137 | #946 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,124 |
| 1993 | 106 | #1,081 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,118 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,026 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 80 | #1,066 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,241 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,173 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,031 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 83 | #989 |
| 1979 | 46 | #1,370 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 37 | #1,400 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,668 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,846 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1922 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,509 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,382 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 10 | #605 |
| 1885 | 13 | #521 |
| 1884 | 9 | #663 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 7 | #705 |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
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