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.

Gazelle

#28,148 most common girls' name of all time · #45,585 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1906–2024

Rank among girls
#28,148
Rank overall
#45,585 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
73
Since 2016
15
Peak year
2009 #11,519
Best rank
#2,185 1906
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gazelle first appears in 1906. 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
2024 5 — 5 #15,413
2023 5 — 5 #15,323
2017 5 — 5 #16,023
2013 5 — 5 #16,680
2011 7 — 7 #13,433
2010 7 — 7 #13,522
2009 9 — 9 #11,519
2005 5 — 5 #16,576
2000 5 — 5 #15,141
1930 5 — 5 #4,746
1921 5 — 5 #5,281
1920 5 — 5 #5,172
1906 5 — 5 #2,185