Girls' name · since 1961
Gabby
Gabby has 1,246 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,246
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gabby currently ranks #3222 among girls' names in America, with 1,246 babies recorded since 1961.
Gabby has 1,246 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3222 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #6,449 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,222 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,246 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gabby ranks #6,449 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,222 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,246 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,449 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,246
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gabby's 1,246 recorded births place it above 91.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Gabby compares
1,246 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gabby's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gabby | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gabby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gabby's full recorded timeline at 2006, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gabby popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Gabby popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 1987 (Gabby as boys' name)
Gabby by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (486 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Gabby's strongest decade.
486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Gabby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 116
1990s
116 births
- 2000s
2000s
278 births
- 2010s
2010s
486 births
- 2020s
2020s
345 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 486 births (39% of all-time use).
How Gabby compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gabby's total volume
Gabby by state
Where Gabby concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 178 | 14.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 122 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
178 of 1,246 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Gabby's data
- Gabby's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (486 total births) through the 2020s (345) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Gabbys (178 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gabby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gabby draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.