Gideon is a distinctive choice, ranked #826 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Gideon in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#826
US Rank #331
About the Name Gideon
Gideon is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 30 places over five years. Its high point was #563 in 1999, and it now sits at #826. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Gideon is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school โ standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #331, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Gideon
Unlikely. With around 39 UK babies named Gideon per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Gideon in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Gideon has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 30 places in the last five years. Its peak was #563 in 1999. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Gideon is more popular in the US (#331) than in the UK (#826). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Gideon include: Gideon Olanrewaju โ Gideon Oluwaseun Olanrewaju is a Nigerian educational technology entrepreneur, and digital development researcher who started AREAi, an EdTech non-profit...; Gideon Rachman โ Gideon Rachman is a British journalist.; Gideon Levy โ Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author..
Gideon appears in the US top 500 at #331 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
39
UK babies named Gideon (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 30 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Gideon
Likely around 1 other Gideon in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Gideon Oluwaseun Olanrewaju is a Nigerian educational technology entrepreneur, and digital development researcher who started AREAi, an EdTech non-profit organisation that designs and provides digital and offline learning tools for engaging learning experiences to improve learning outcomes for children, youth and women that are not in education, employment or training, and has reached thousands of beneficiaries across Nigeria.
Gideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper Haaretz that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
Samuel Edward Gideon (หsรฆmjul หษdwษrd หษกษชdiษn) was a 20th-century architect and architectural historian most active in Austin, Texas, and as a professor at The University of Texas, Austin School of Architecture. He was Chair of the Central Texas Branch of the Landmarks Preservation Committee, and he created illustrated brochures on Austin and its architecture.
Gideon Gross (Hebrew: ืืืขืื ืืจืืก) is an Israeli immunologist, inventor and farmer. Together with Zelig Eshhar at the Weizmann Institute of Science, they created the first chimeric antigen receptors (CARs).
Louan Gideon was an American actress best known for her role as antagonist Danielle Atron on Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack. She was also the last actress to play Liza Walton Sentell on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow.