Name meaning & stats
Gilbert
Gilbert means “bright pledge” (Germanic origin). 79,761 US babies since 1940, peak 1957.
What it means
“bright pledge”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1957
79,761 US babies were named Gilbert between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Gilbert (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1957)