Gilberto
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heel-BEHR-toh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #1,520 for boys
Gilberto is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge + bright”. In 2025 it ranked 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Gilberto mean?
Germanic: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Gilbert
“pledge + bright”
Gilbert comes from Germanic gisil 'pledge' and beraht 'bright', and was brought to England by the Normans.
Is Gilberto a girl's or a boy's name?
Gilberto is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gilberto in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Gilberto, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,189th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 559 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the boys named Gilberto in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gilberto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 127 | #1,432 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,632 |
| 2022 | 120 | #1,504 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,383 |
| 2020 | 162 | #1,189 |
| 2019 | 147 | #1,271 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,260 |
| 2017 | 155 | #1,195 |
| 2016 | 180 | #1,090 |
| 2015 | 189 | #1,049 |
| 2014 | 200 | #1,020 |
| 2013 | 211 | #943 |
| 2012 | 230 | #902 |
| 2011 | 249 | #855 |
| 2010 | 280 | #784 |
| 2009 | 330 | #718 |
| 2008 | 361 | #670 |
| 2007 | 424 | #596 |
| 2006 | 454 | #553 |
| 2005 | 458 | #529 |
| 2004 | 439 | #537 |
| 2003 | 490 | #501 |
| 2002 | 434 | #522 |
| 2001 | 481 | #484 |
| 2000 | 490 | #480 |
| 1999 | 485 | #471 |
| 1998 | 498 | #449 |
| 1997 | 453 | #476 |
| 1996 | 470 | #459 |
| 1995 | 495 | #454 |
| 1994 | 541 | #425 |
| 1993 | 559 | #416 |
| 1992 | 530 | #421 |
| 1991 | 528 | #426 |
| 1990 | 515 | #431 |
| 1989 | 496 | #419 |
| 1988 | 450 | #427 |
| 1987 | 354 | #469 |
| 1986 | 365 | #458 |
| 1985 | 365 | #448 |
| 1984 | 368 | #437 |
| 1983 | 392 | #411 |
| 1982 | 379 | #429 |
| 1981 | 446 | #383 |
| 1980 | 416 | #397 |
| 1979 | 361 | #419 |
| 1978 | 355 | #414 |
| 1977 | 374 | #403 |
| 1976 | 360 | #410 |
| 1975 | 343 | #419 |
| 1974 | 403 | #386 |
| 1973 | 375 | #402 |
| 1972 | 342 | #430 |
| 1971 | 365 | #421 |
| 1970 | 341 | #443 |
| 1969 | 352 | #421 |
| 1968 | 292 | #449 |
| 1967 | 292 | #441 |
| 1966 | 291 | #451 |
| 1965 | 281 | #466 |
| 1964 | 285 | #469 |
| 1963 | 280 | #474 |
| 1962 | 301 | #460 |
| 1961 | 259 | #489 |
| 1960 | 253 | #496 |
| 1959 | 215 | #536 |
| 1958 | 218 | #520 |
| 1957 | 216 | #525 |
| 1956 | 202 | #524 |
| 1955 | 173 | #560 |
| 1954 | 175 | #550 |
| 1953 | 196 | #498 |
| 1952 | 178 | #522 |
| 1951 | 172 | #521 |
| 1950 | 143 | #564 |
| 1949 | 177 | #495 |
| 1948 | 157 | #529 |
| 1947 | 176 | #509 |
| 1946 | 139 | #542 |
| 1945 | 168 | #457 |
| 1944 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 142 | #529 |
| 1942 | 130 | #536 |
| 1941 | 97 | #609 |
| 1940 | 108 | #574 |
| 1939 | 106 | #556 |
| 1938 | 110 | #551 |
| 1937 | 123 | #521 |
| 1936 | 118 | #523 |
| 1935 | 112 | #545 |
| 1934 | 118 | #543 |
| 1933 | 106 | #556 |
| 1932 | 141 | #481 |
| 1931 | 147 | #467 |
| 1930 | 138 | #507 |
| 1929 | 137 | #504 |
| 1928 | 177 | #452 |
| 1927 | 107 | #601 |
| 1926 | 115 | #573 |
| 1925 | 101 | #628 |
| 1924 | 91 | #683 |
| 1923 | 106 | #616 |
| 1922 | 81 | #730 |
| 1921 | 74 | #780 |
| 1920 | 80 | #724 |
| 1919 | 71 | #766 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,035 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 38 | #884 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
Nicknames for Gilberto
- Beto
Names like Gilberto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Roberto Armando Ricardo Gerardo Guillermo Fernando Alberto Gustavo Arturo Alvaro Eduardo Ramiro
Names related to Gilberto
More Germanic names
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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, “Gilberto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gilberto, updated 20 October 2026.