Meaning and history
Gilbert means "bright pledge," from Old German gisal, "pledge" or "hostage," and beraht, "bright." Introduced to England by the Normans, it was common in the Middle Ages and was borne by a 12th-century English saint who founded the Gilbertine order.
20062006: 347 births, rank #661
2007: 347 births, rank #684
2008: 316 births, rank #731
2009: 278 births, rank #801
2010: 258 births, rank #829
20112011: 242 births, rank #869
2012: 201 births, rank #989
2013: 234 births, rank #889
2014: 241 births, rank #893
2015: 211 births, rank #977
20162016: 215 births, rank #958
2017: 196 births, rank #1,025
2018: 166 births, rank #1,154
2019: 175 births, rank #1,118
2020: 164 births, rank #1,172
20212021: 159 births, rank #1,215
2022: 162 births, rank #1,217
2023: 175 births, rank #1,172
2024: 135 births, rank #1,387
20252025: 145 births, rank #1,328
Gilbert rose from #980 to #958 for boys between 2015 and 2016. Its highest annual birth count came in 1930, with 2,119 births.