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.

Gazella

#24,060 most common girls' name of all time · #39,139 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–1956

Rank among girls
#24,060
Rank overall
#39,139 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
109
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #2,049
Best rank
#2,049 1915
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
19201940

Gazella first appears in 1914. 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
1956 5 — 5 #6,233
1929 5 — 5 #4,900
1926 5 — 5 #5,203
1924 8 — 8 #3,879
1923 6 — 6 #4,669
1922 9 — 9 #3,577
1921 8 — 8 #3,915
1920 7 — 7 #4,253
1919 8 — 8 #3,725
1918 6 — 6 #4,597
1917 11 — 11 #2,859
1916 10 — 10 #3,010
1915 16 — 16 #2,049
1914 5 — 5 #4,083