Meaning and history
Gideon comes from the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon), meaning “feller” or “hewer,” from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ), “to cut” or “to hew.” In the Old Testament, Gideon is a hero and judge who led the outnumbered Israelites to victory over the Midianites and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, the name has been used since the Protestant Reformation and was especially popular among the Puritans.
20062006: 433 births, rank #575
2007: 490 births, rank #526
2008: 504 births, rank #530
2009: 486 births, rank #542
2010: 576 births, rank #460
20112011: 689 births, rank #411
2012: 765 births, rank #391
2013: 846 births, rank #367
2014: 944 births, rank #348
2015: 1,055 births, rank #327
20162016: 1,034 births, rank #336
2017: 1,161 births, rank #304
2018: 1,108 births, rank #308
2019: 1,043 births, rank #320
2020: 1,031 births, rank #321
20212021: 1,084 births, rank #308
2022: 1,027 births, rank #330
2023: 1,047 births, rank #318
2024: 1,054 births, rank #329
20252025: 993 births, rank #337
Gideon moved from #329 to #337 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 1,161 births.