Gabe
#4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,110since 1880
Gabe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gabe has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #4,571 | 22 |
| 2023 | #2,952 | 42 |
| 2022 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #2,819 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,586 | 49 |
| 2019 | #2,491 | 53 |
| 2018 | #2,355 | 56 |
| 2017 | #2,270 | 58 |
| 2016 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #1,781 | 84 |
| 2013 | #1,964 | 70 |
| 2012 | #1,545 | 103 |
| 2011 | #1,350 | 125 |
| 2010 | #1,687 | 91 |
| 2009 | #1,518 | 109 |
| 2008 | #1,467 | 112 |
| 2007 | #1,359 | 123 |
| 2006 | #1,367 | 118 |
| 2005 | #1,253 | 126 |
| 2004 | #1,251 | 120 |
| 2003 | #1,267 | 113 |
| 2002 | #1,433 | 90 |
| 2001 | #1,254 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,448 | 85 |
| 1999 | #1,624 | 66 |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 51 |
| 1997 | #2,096 | 42 |
| 1996 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #1,766 | 32 |
| 1980 | #1,765 | 32 |
| 1979 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 39 |
| 1977 | #1,144 | 58 |
| 1976 | #1,163 | 54 |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 56 |
| 1974 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 45 |
| 1972 | #1,024 | 62 |
| 1971 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #1,658 | 27 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #1,435 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,318 | 35 |
| 1962 | #1,625 | 24 |
| 1961 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,692 | 23 |
| 1959 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #1,644 | 23 |
| 1957 | #1,673 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,709 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,081 | 12 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,452 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,231 | 14 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #705 | 9 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #571 | 11 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Gabe was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gabe
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 32 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #4,539)
- 1,953 spots since 2020 (#2,586 → #4,539)
- 2,810 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 286 spots in 1905 (#1,205 → #919)
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896 (#795 → #1,101)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #571 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1887–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,045
- Highest: 1 in 10,045 boys born in 1880 were named Gabe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 26.8% of all boys named Gabe (1,102) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | #571 (1880) | #821 |
| 1890s | 54 | #667 (1890) | #802 |
| 1900s | 38 | #919 (1905) | #1,092 |
| 1910s | 117 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,866 |
| 1920s | 125 | #1,793 (1929) | #2,493 |
| 1930s | 127 | #1,613 (1938) | #2,127 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,881 (1948) | #2,181 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,467 (1959) | #1,926 |
| 1960s | 240 | #1,318 (1963) | #1,678 |
| 1970s | 466 | #1,024 (1972) | #1,295 |
| 1980s | 167 | #1,765 (1980) | #2,941 |
| 1990s | 320 | #1,624 (1999) | #2,891 |
| 2000s | 1,102 | #1,251 (2004) | #1,362 |
| 2010s | 783 | #1,350 (2011) | #1,956 |
| 2020s | 214 | #2,586 (2020) | #3,469 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gabe in 2005
boys
#1,253
126 births · 1 in 15,852 boys
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 15,852 of them was named Gabe, which outranked 90.6% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).