Gildardo vs Giles
American parents have registered 4,732 Gileses since 1880, against 1,111 Gildardos. Giles is still ahead, with 12 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Gildardo Giles
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 145 years in which either name was published, Giles for 131 years and Gildardo for 14 years. The lead changed hands 14 times.
- 1880–1987 Giles ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1993–2002 Gildardo ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2003–2025 Giles ahead, apart from one short spell
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Gildardo | Giles | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,111 | 4,732 |
| Most in one year | 34 | 86 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | 12 |
| Estimated living today | 1,000 | 2,100 |
| Median age today | 30 | 49 |
| Peak year | 1998 | 1918 |
| Best rank | 2,507th boys | 667th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | 6,803rd |
| First recorded | 1927 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,111 | 0 / 4,732 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Gileses alive today are over 49; half the Gildardos are over 30. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Gildardo California (8.3×), Texas (1.9×)
- Giles Virginia (15.5×), North Carolina (5.4×), Texas (2.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Gildardo and Giles.