The first name Gottlieb
A boy’s name.
2 syllables Male Also a surname
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Gottlieb at birth, 1880–2025
In 1933, 6 boys born in the United States were named Gottlieb, the 3,429th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1915, when 34 were.
320
babies named Gottlieb since 1880
#3,429
rank in 1933
1915
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Gottlieb
38 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Gottlieb DaimlerGerman engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)
- Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenBaltic German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer (1778–1852)
- Moritz Gottlieb SaphirAustrian writer (1795–1858)
- Gottlieb HaberlandtAustrian botanist (1854-1945)
- Johann Gottlieb GleditschGerman botanist (1714–1786)
- Friedrich Gottlieb BartlingGerman botanist (1798–1875)
- Gottlieb Wilhelm LeitnerAnglo-Hungarian orientalist, 1840–1899
- Gottlieb von JagowGerman diplomat (1863–1935)
- Johann Gottlieb GoldbergGerman musician, 1727–1756
- Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerGerman classical philologist and archaeologist (1784-1868)
- Gottlieb Conrad Christian StorrGerman naturalist, 1749–1821
- Gottlieb Wilhelm BischoffGerman botanist, educationist and university teacher (1797-1854)
Questions
- Is Gottlieb a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 320 US babies named Gottlieb since 1880 were boys.
- When was Gottlieb most popular?
- 1915 in the United States, when 34 babies were named Gottlieb, its highest rank at 1,110th.
- Is Gottlieb also a surname?
- Yes. Gottlieb is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.