Boy
Gilbert
Gilbert is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.
GermanicGermanic "gisil" (pledge) + "berht" (bright)
EtymologyMeaning "bright pledge"
Births by decade
1900s
1,829
1910s
10,867
1920s
18,340
1930s
17,850
1940s
17,420
1950s
18,919
1960s
14,515
1970s
9,143
1980s
7,617
1990s
5,434
2000s
3,613
2010s
1,791
Peaked in the 1950s · 127,338 total U.S. births since 1900