Fun Facts About the Name Gibran
- More than 1 thousand babies named Gibran: U.S. records list 1,207 babies given the name Gibran from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gibran Mean?
Gibran is an Arabic name built on the root j-b-r, whose basic sense is to mend, set right, or restore - the same verb used for setting a broken bone - and also to console. The name is the form Jubrān (جبران), a verbal noun commonly glossed as "restoration," "repair," or "consolation."
It is used as a personal name mainly among Arabic-speaking Christians of the Levant, especially in Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, where it also serves as a family name. The Arabic name Jibrīl (Gabriel) is sometimes confused with it, but the two are separate names that merely share the same consonants; there is no firm basis for deriving one from the other.
Gibran Name History & Origins
Jubrān is documented as a personal name in Arabic-speaking communities, particularly the Christian communities of the Levant, and is written جبران in Arabic script. The English spelling Gibran is tied above all to the Lebanese-American writer and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), whose full Arabic name was Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān. He was born in Bsharri, in Mount Lebanon, and later settled in the United States; his book The Prophet (1923) made the spelling familiar in English.
In Arabic usage the name appears both as a given name and as a surname, and the English form is a transliteration of that Arabic name rather than a distinct name of its own.
How Popular is the Name Gibran?
Gibran has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #2,265 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,760 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #3,536 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2023 | #3,649 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,430 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #3,762 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2020 | #2,899 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 2019 | #3,516 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2018 | #3,324 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,026 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #3,619 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #3,178 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 2014 | #2,860 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2013 | #3,526 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #4,150 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #3,336 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #3,753 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #3,369 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #3,631 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #3,826 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2005 | #4,900 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #3,102 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,222 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #3,837 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #4,180 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #4,872 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #3,420 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #3,628 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #3,646 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #3,887 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #3,135 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1994 | #2,411 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1993 | #2,265 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #3,148 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #2,939 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #2,899 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1989 | #4,619 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #2,791 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #3,248 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #5,031 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #3,667 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #3,787 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #3,968 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #3,368 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,949 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #3,909 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #3,968 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #2,965 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1976 | #3,573 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,076 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,657 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #3,088 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #4,632 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,601 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #3,368 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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