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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

GilbertIn Hebrew: גילברט · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Gilbert (Hebrew: גילברט) is a unisex name of international origin. 139 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1954, with 15 babies.

People in Israel
139
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1954
15 babies
USA, 2025
145
rank #1,328

Writing and saying Gilbert

In Hebrew letters the name is גילברט, read right to left. Gilbert is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Gilbert by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Gilbert: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Gilbert in English-speaking countries

Gilbert in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025145#1,3281930 (2,119)
United Kingdom202512#2,0882013 (40)
England and Wales202512#2,0122013 (40)
Alberta20251#2,3931980 (7)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Gilbert has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gilbert

How do you write Gilbert in Hebrew?

Gilbert is written גילברט in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Gilbert?

139 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גילברט: 32 women and 107 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Gilbert a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 23% of the people named גילברט are women and 77% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Gilbert used outside Israel?

The name Gilbert appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 145 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,328), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 12 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.