Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gabe

#1,987 most common boys' name of all time · #4,789 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#1,987
Rank overall
#4,789 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
4,110
Since 2016
435
Peak year
2005 #1,253
Best rank
#584 1880
Girls Boys peak 126/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Gabe is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 22 22 #4,541
2024 — 22 22 #4,575
2023 — 42 42 #2,953
2022 — 35 35 #3,347
2021 — 44 44 #2,821
2020 — 49 49 #2,587
2019 — 53 53 #2,493
2018 — 56 56 #2,355
2017 — 58 58 #2,270
2016 — 54 54 #2,387
2015 — 89 89 #1,729
2014 — 84 84 #1,782
2013 — 70 70 #1,965
2012 — 103 103 #1,545
2011 — 125 125 #1,350
2010 — 91 91 #1,688
2009 — 109 109 #1,519
2008 — 112 112 #1,469
2007 — 123 123 #1,359
2006 — 118 118 #1,367
2005 — 126 126 #1,253
2004 — 120 120 #1,254
2003 — 113 113 #1,267
2002 — 90 90 #1,433
2001 — 106 106 #1,257
2000 — 85 85 #1,448
1999 — 66 66 #1,624
1998 — 51 51 #1,899
1997 — 42 42 #2,099
1996 — 31 31 #2,485
1995 — 40 40 #2,058
1994 — 28 28 #2,619
1993 — 24 24 #2,870
1992 — 12 12 #4,572
1991 — 10 10 #5,109
1990 — 16 16 #3,621
1989 — 12 12 #4,283
1988 — 17 17 #3,091
1986 — 10 10 #4,146
1985 — 14 14 #3,224
1984 — 15 15 #2,966
1983 — 18 18 #2,588
1982 — 17 17 #2,719
1981 — 32 32 #1,776
1980 — 32 32 #1,771
1979 — 35 35 #1,636
1978 — 39 39 #1,489
1977 — 58 58 #1,145
1976 — 54 54 #1,165
1975 — 56 56 #1,130
1974 — 45 45 #1,247
1973 — 45 45 #1,232
1972 — 62 62 #1,024
1971 — 45 45 #1,236
1970 — 27 27 #1,665
1969 — 28 28 #1,532
1968 — 14 14 #2,214
1967 — 20 20 #1,765
1966 — 15 15 #2,052
1965 — 21 21 #1,727
1964 — 30 30 #1,440
1963 — 35 35 #1,324
1962 — 24 24 #1,630
1961 — 30 30 #1,470
1960 — 23 23 #1,696
1959 — 29 29 #1,473
1958 — 23 23 #1,651
1957 — 23 23 #1,678
1956 — 15 15 #2,099
1955 — 18 18 #1,854
1954 — 15 15 #2,047
1953 — 20 20 #1,716
1952 — 11 11 #2,390
1951 — 15 15 #1,978
1950 — 10 10 #2,455
1949 — 13 13 #2,130
1948 — 16 16 #1,888
1947 — 12 12 #2,264
1946 — 8 8 #2,698
1945 — 10 10 #2,258
1944 — 14 14 #1,895
1943 — 11 11 #2,288
1942 — 13 13 #2,054
1941 — 10 10 #2,352
1940 — 12 12 #2,092
1939 — 12 12 #2,061
1938 — 18 18 #1,624
1937 — 16 16 #1,763
1936 — 9 9 #2,467
1935 — 9 9 #2,550
1934 — 14 14 #1,945
1933 — 13 13 #2,004
1932 — 14 14 #2,007
1931 — 8 8 #2,886
1930 — 14 14 #2,086
1929 — 18 18 #1,798
1928 — 14 14 #2,170
1927 — 7 7 #3,470
1926 — 14 14 #2,199
1925 — 8 8 #3,173
1924 — 12 12 #2,485
1923 — 8 8 #3,190
1922 — 16 16 #2,051
1921 — 14 14 #2,273
1920 — 14 14 #2,242
1919 — 14 14 #2,159
1918 — 18 18 #1,832
1917 — 16 16 #1,910
1916 — 12 12 #2,270
1915 — 14 14 #1,976
1914 — 14 14 #1,700
1913 — 9 9 #1,961
1912 — 7 7 #2,063
1911 — 8 8 #1,301
1910 — 5 5 #1,613
1908 — 6 6 #1,236
1907 — 6 6 #1,225
1906 — 7 7 #1,028
1905 — 8 8 #940
1904 — 5 5 #1,239
1903 — 6 6 #1,033
1896 — 5 5 #1,127
1895 — 8 8 #812
1894 — 8 8 #805
1893 — 9 9 #726
1892 — 7 7 #885
1891 — 8 8 #723
1890 — 9 9 #695
1889 — 6 6 #895
1888 — 8 8 #772
1887 — 5 5 #951
1885 — 5 5 #967
1884 — 5 5 #987
1883 — 6 6 #817
1882 — 8 8 #710
1881 — 5 5 #878
1880 — 11 11 #584