How rare is the name Gabby?

10,587 people in the United States have the first name Gabby, about 1 in 28,529. It ranks #2,370 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GABBY

#2,370

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,587
About
1 in 28,529
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,587 people named Gabby, 46.5% reported their origin as White, 37.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.3% as Black. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gabby peaked in 2022, when 67 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
67
In 2025*
49 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,262 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gabby by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,099. The largest share of babies named Gabby, 54.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,05816
1980s#22,35616
1990s#11,762116
2000s#7,914283
2010s#5,775486
2020s#5,099345
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1236.5%
2013 and later54.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Gabby

1 other first name also has 10,587 people.

#2,370 Trevon · 10,587

Either side of Gabby

#2,368 Clarice · 10,598#2,369 Kristal · 10,596#2,370 Trevon · 10,587#2,372 Galina · 10,564

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gabby, most common first.

#4,134 Gaby · 4,645#21,087 Gabbi · 485

Also a last name

As a last name, Gabby ranks #90,848 of 156,621, with 218 people. See Gabby as a last name

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