Recorded 2001–2017 Girls' name Peak 2005 38 births

Gabija — girls' name

38 babies named Gabija in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s282010s10
2000s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Gabija was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

7 babies were named Gabija in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gabija

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Gabija between 2001 and 2017, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gabija currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gabija performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gabija shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gabija in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 38 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Gabija at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

38

Since 2001

17 years of records

Peak year

2005

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2001

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2017

Gabija popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2001

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2005)
7
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2017201020082007200620052001 5

Gabija by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
28 births that decade — 74% of Gabija's all-time total
2000s282010s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gabija?
38 babies have been named Gabija since 2001. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2005 with 7 births.
When was Gabija most popular?
Gabija was most popular in the 2000s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Gabija been used?
Gabija has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 17 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Gabija?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gabrielle, Gabriella, Gabriela, Gabriel, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.