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Gideon name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Gideon ranks #337 in male records (993 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#337 · 993 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 61 male records (1,054 to 993); rank moved from #329 to #337.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 91 male records (1,084 to 993); rank moved from #308 to #337.
Peak year in available data
2017: 1,161 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Gideon becoming more popular?

Gideon's reported male count decreased by 61 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #329 to #337. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Gideon. That is not a count of zero.

Gideon in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for GideonFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,1610201620252018: 5 female records2021: 7 female records2022: 9 female records2016: 1,034 male records2017: 1,161 male records2018: 1,108 male records2019: 1,043 male records2020: 1,031 male records2021: 1,084 male records2022: 1,027 male records2023: 1,047 male records2024: 1,054 male records2025: 993 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——993337
2024——1,054329
2023——1,047318
2022910,6581,027330
2021712,6461,084308
2020——1,031321
2019——1,043320
2018516,5141,108308
2017——1,161304
2016——1,034336

Questions about Gideon’s popularity

How common is Gideon in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Gideon ranks #337 in male records (993 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Gideon?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Gideon only.

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