Gabe

#4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births

Peak · boys
#571
1880 · 11 births
Debut · boys
1880
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,110
since 1880

Gabe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gabe has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #571, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,53922
2024#4,57122
2023#2,95242
2022#3,34435
2021#2,81944
2020#2,58649
2019#2,49153
2018#2,35556
2017#2,27058
2016#2,38754
2015#1,72989
2014#1,78184
2013#1,96470
2012#1,545103
2011#1,350125
2010#1,68791
2009#1,518109
2008#1,467112
2007#1,359123
2006#1,367118
2005#1,253126
2004#1,251120
2003#1,267113
2002#1,43390
2001#1,254106
2000#1,44885
1999#1,62466
1998#1,89951
1997#2,09642
1996#2,48331
1995#2,05540
1994#2,61828
1993#2,86524
1992#4,56412
1991#5,09610
1990#3,60716
1989#4,27112
1988#3,07917
1987—
1986#4,13010
1985#3,21614
1984#2,95615
1983#2,57718
1982#2,70917
1981#1,76632
1980#1,76532
1979#1,63335
1978#1,48739
1977#1,14458
1976#1,16354
1975#1,12756
1974#1,24445
1973#1,23145
1972#1,02462
1971#1,23545
1970#1,65827
1969#1,52628
1968#2,20014
1967#1,75820
1966#2,04315
1965#1,72021
1964#1,43530
1963#1,31835
1962#1,62524
1961#1,46730
1960#1,69223
1959#1,46729
1958#1,64423
1957#1,67323
1956#2,09115
1955#1,84518
1954#2,04415
1953#1,70920
1952#2,37611
1951#1,97215
1950#2,43810
1949#2,12313
1948#1,88116
1947#2,25112
1946#2,6908
1945#2,24210
1944#1,89014
1943#2,27711
1942#2,04213
1941#2,33310
1940#2,08112
1939#2,05012
1938#1,61318
1937#1,75616
1936#2,4529
1935#2,5299
1934#1,93214
1933#1,99713
1932#1,99514
1931#2,8648
1930#2,07914
1929#1,79318
1928#2,16214
1927#3,4517
1926#2,18614
1925#3,1558
1924#2,47312
1923#3,1758
1922#2,04016
1921#2,26514
1920#2,23114
1919#2,15214
1918#1,82718
1917#1,90016
1916#2,25912
1915#1,96814
1914#1,68714
1913#1,9459
1912#2,0457
1911#1,2908
1910#1,5895
1909—
1908#1,2176
1907#1,2006
1906#1,0047
1905#9198
1904#1,2055
1903#1,0096
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896#1,1015
1895#7958
1894#7878
1893#7059
1892#8617
1891#7008
1890#6679
1889#8786
1888#7558
1887#9215
1886—
1885#9365
1884#9715
1883#7996
1882#6918
1881#8665
1880#57111
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s59#571 (1880)#821
1890s54#667 (1890)#802
1900s38#919 (1905)#1,092
1910s117#1,290 (1911)#1,866
1920s125#1,793 (1929)#2,493
1930s127#1,613 (1938)#2,127
1940s119#1,881 (1948)#2,181
1950s179#1,467 (1959)#1,926
1960s240#1,318 (1963)#1,678
1970s466#1,024 (1972)#1,295
1980s167#1,765 (1980)#2,941
1990s320#1,624 (1999)#2,891
2000s1,102#1,251 (2004)#1,362
2010s783#1,350 (2011)#1,956
2020s214#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 2008

boys
#1,467
112 births · 1 in 18,216 boys

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #1,467Gabe112
More about 2008

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 18,216 of them was named Gabe, which outranked 90.0% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabe
  1. #1,452Stuart113
  2. #1,452Travion113
  3. #1,452Tzvi113
  4. #1,467Gabe112
  5. #1,467Andrei112
  6. #1,467Ayush112
  7. #1,467Emmitt112
  8. #1,478Chauncey111
  9. #1,478Dylon111
  10. #1,478Geovanny111

Tied with 10 names at #1,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →