How rare is the name Gaby?

4,645 people in the United States have the first name Gaby, about 1 in 65,023. It ranks #4,134 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GABY

#4,134

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,645
About
1 in 65,023
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,645 people named Gaby, 72.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% as White and 3.6% as Black. 91% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gaby peaked in 2007, when 70 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19202025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
70
In 2025*
36 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,463 babies have been given the name since 1920. 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.

Gaby by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #5,743. The largest share of babies named Gaby, 46.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#11,2936
1950s#9,30533
1960s#9,04450
1970s#16,22023
1980s#19,49524
1990s#7,025244
2000s#5,743452
2010s#6,485407
2020s#6,954219
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–645.7%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9613.3%
Generation Z 1997–1246.3%
2013 and later32.5%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Gaby ranks #39,536 of 156,621, with 600 people. See Gaby as a last name

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