Gabe
Gabe was given to 22 boys in 2025, #4,590 among boys’ names; 4,110 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,340 Americans named Gabe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 15 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gabe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gabe mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gabe is “a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.”
/ɡeɪb/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gabe?
#4,590 among boys’ names, 2025
Gabe fell from #1,732 in 2015 to #4,590 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 46.4 to 12.9 per million.
126 babies in 2005, the peak
Gabe peaked in 2005, when 126 boys were given it, #1,253 among boys’ names. The 22 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,590 | 12.9 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,605 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,968 | 24.6 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,360 | 20.0 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,832 | 25.2 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,596 | 28.4 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,497 | 29.5 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,361 | 30.8 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,282 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,393 | 28.5 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 89 | #1,732 | 46.4 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,784 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,977 | 37.0 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,548 | 54.3 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,353 | 65.8 |
| 2010 | 91 | #1,690 | 47.4 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,521 | 55.0 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,470 | 54.9 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,361 | 59.3 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,370 | 57.4 |
| 2005 | 126 | #1,253 | 63.1 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,256 | 60.5 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,266 | 57.2 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,431 | 46.4 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,255 | 54.6 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,448 | 43.3 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,626 | 34.4 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,906 | 26.7 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,105 | 22.3 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,494 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,059 | 21.0 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,641 | 14.5 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,885 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,653 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,221 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,660 | 7.8 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,353 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,115 | 8.9 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,231 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,262 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 15 | #3,004 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,608 | 10.0 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,745 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,783 | 17.9 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,778 | 17.9 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,644 | 20.3 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,489 | 23.8 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,147 | 35.3 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,170 | 34.4 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,129 | 35.9 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,257 | 28.6 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,234 | 28.9 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,026 | 38.2 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,243 | 25.4 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,669 | 14.5 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,537 | 15.7 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,235 | 8.1 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,777 | 11.5 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,077 | 8.4 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,740 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,445 | 15.1 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,328 | 17.2 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,636 | 11.6 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,474 | 14.1 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,709 | 10.8 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,476 | 13.6 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,655 | 10.8 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,690 | 10.7 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,121 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,865 | 8.7 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,070 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,728 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,417 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,001 | 8.0 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,487 | 5.6 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,153 | 7.3 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,900 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,285 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,773 | 4.9 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,303 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,915 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,320 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,077 | 9.4 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,396 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,116 | 10.4 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,100 | 10.8 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,636 | 16.2 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,786 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,509 | 8.7 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,600 | 8.6 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,965 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,030 | 13.1 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,036 | 13.4 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,940 | 7.7 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,112 | 12.8 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,822 | 16.7 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,198 | 12.6 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,579 | 6.2 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,239 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,239 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,526 | 10.6 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,267 | 7.3 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,079 | 14.7 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,293 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,258 | 13.2 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,186 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,851 | 17.8 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,927 | 17.3 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,312 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,005 | 16.5 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,717 | 21.4 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,994 | 17.6 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,122 | 16.3 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,320 | 35.4 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,679 | 25.7 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,276 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,249 | 40.9 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,050 | 52.6 |
| 1905 | 8 | #953 | 60.5 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,272 | 39.0 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,059 | 50.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,157 | 41.8 |
| 1895 | 8 | #821 | 68.1 |
| 1894 | 8 | #812 | 69.1 |
| 1893 | 9 | #724 | 80.1 |
| 1892 | 7 | #889 | 57.4 |
| 1891 | 8 | #724 | 79.1 |
| 1890 | 9 | #691 | 81.1 |
| 1889 | 6 | #915 | 54.3 |
| 1888 | 8 | #776 | 66.2 |
| 1887 | 5 | #981 | 49.3 |
| 1885 | 5 | #991 | 46.4 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,028 | 43.7 |
| 1883 | 6 | #832 | 57.3 |
| 1882 | 8 | #723 | 70.4 |
| 1881 | 5 | #920 | 49.6 |
| 1880 | 11 | #584 | 99.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Gabe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gabe has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 137 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gabe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gabe, and how old are they?
3,340 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 4,110 Americans ever recorded as Gabe. The median Gabe alive today is 22 years old; half are between 15 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 13,542 people named Gabe (158 women and girls, 13,384 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,237 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 43 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 256 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 531 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 282 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,560 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 673 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gabe born?
The states with the most babies named Gabe are Louisiana, California and Utah, with 35% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Utah are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 129 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| California | 120 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Utah | 98 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Minnesota | 90 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 69 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Iowa | 67 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 65 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 62 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 46 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 43 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Gabe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gabe is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gabe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gabe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gabe and names like it
- Compare Gabe and SimonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sGabe peaked in 2005.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gabe since 1910.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Gabe.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Gabe alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.