How rare is the name Gabe?

13,542 people in the United States have the first name Gabe, about 1 in 22,303. It ranks #2,022 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GABE

#2,022

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,542
About
1 in 22,303
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,542 people named Gabe, 71.5% reported their origin as White, 16.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gabe peaked in 2005, when 126 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
126
In 2025*
22 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,110 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Gabe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,613. The largest share of babies named Gabe, 38.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,61359
1890s#2,11654
1900s#2,95038
1910s#3,749117
1920s#4,666125
1930s#4,093127
1940s#4,598119
1950s#4,199179
1960s#3,949240
1970s#3,108466
1980s#7,158167
1990s#5,791320
2000s#3,1201,102
2010s#4,166783
2020s#7,067214
Before 19012.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–276%
Silent Generation 1928–455.6%
Baby boom 1946–649%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–967.2%
Generation Z 1997–1238.4%
2013 and later16.5%

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.

Either side of Gabe

#2,020 Moshe · 13,574#2,021 Elliana · 13,571#2,023 Rosalia · 13,538#2,024 Wilbur · 13,535

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,134 Gaby · 4,645#8,270 Gabi · 1,760#19,234 Gab · 553#44,846 Gabie · 153

Also a last name

As a last name, Gabe ranks #39,705 of 156,621, with 597 people. See Gabe as a last name

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