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.

Gaye

#2,271 most common girls' name of all time · #3,863 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1909–1976

Rank among girls
#2,271
Rank overall
#3,863 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
5,746
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #612
Best rank
#587 1947
Girls Boys peak 268/yr
192019401960

Gaye first appears in 1909. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 8 — 8 #6,712
1975 8 — 8 #6,574
1974 18 — 18 #3,595
1973 12 — 12 #4,632
1972 17 — 17 #3,585
1971 32 — 32 #2,388
1970 47 — 47 #1,865
1969 67 — 67 #1,427
1968 63 — 63 #1,425
1967 84 — 84 #1,158
1966 93 — 93 #1,090
1965 128 — 128 #884
1964 155 — 155 #840
1963 158 — 158 #832
1962 204 — 204 #721
1961 229 — 229 #689
1960 268 — 268 #612
1959 259 — 259 #618
1958 194 — 194 #708
1957 193 — 193 #719
1956 222 — 222 #640
1955 196 — 196 #668
1954 206 — 206 #638
1953 222 — 222 #595
1952 219 — 219 #588
1951 176 — 176 #657
1950 156 — 156 #687
1949 162 — 162 #659
1948 178 — 178 #620
1947 210 — 210 #587
1946 130 — 130 #709
1945 128 — 128 #649
1944 131 — 131 #645
1943 132 — 132 #661
1942 98 — 98 #766
1941 75 — 75 #842
1940 89 — 89 #738
1939 92 — 92 #713
1938 80 — 80 #790
1937 80 — 80 #766
1936 96 — 96 #682
1935 82 — 82 #750
1934 46 — 46 #1,033
1933 38 — 38 #1,152
1932 40 — 40 #1,142
1931 27 — 27 #1,450
1930 18 — 18 #1,996
1929 13 — 13 #2,534
1928 21 — 21 #1,883
1927 12 — 12 #2,793
1926 6 — 6 #4,504
1925 9 — 9 #3,509
1924 11 — 11 #3,056
1923 13 — 13 #2,679
1922 6 — 6 #4,645
1921 6 — 6 #4,677
1920 9 — 9 #3,462
1919 10 — 10 #3,133
1918 9 — 9 #3,392
1917 9 — 9 #3,246
1916 10 — 10 #2,943
1915 7 — 7 #3,620
1914 8 — 8 #2,809
1913 5 — 5 #3,459
1911 5 — 5 #2,763
1910 6 — 6 #2,361
1909 5 — 5 #2,502