# Gilberto (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gilberto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 28,700 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 28,642 / 58 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 6 | 4,020 |
| 1963 | 5 | 6,966 |
| 1969 | 5 | 7,858 |
| 1970 | 5 | 8,417 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,783 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,130 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,232 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,673 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,905 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,267 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 249 | 857 |
| 2012 | 230 | 904 |
| 2013 | 211 | 944 |
| 2014 | 200 | 1,021 |
| 2015 | 189 | 1,053 |
| 2016 | 180 | 1,092 |
| 2017 | 155 | 1,198 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,260 |
| 2019 | 147 | 1,273 |
| 2020 | 162 | 1,189 |
| 2021 | 132 | 1,387 |
| 2022 | 120 | 1,510 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,633 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,433 |
| 2025 | 114 | 1,521 |

## People named Gilberto

- Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Gilberto Gil, Brazilian recording artist, singer, guitarist, songwriter and politician
- Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves, Brazilian association football player
- Gilberto Carlos Nascimento, Brazilian association football player
- Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian association football player
- Gilberto Martínez, Costa Rican footballer
- Gilberto Moraes Junior, Brazilian footballer
- Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian politician and academic (1900–1987)
- Gilberto Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
- Gilberto Kassab, Brazilian politician
- Gilberto Oliveira Souza Junior, Brazilian association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.