Gable — #5456 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gable

The Social Security Administration has registered 786 babies named Gable between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gable currently holds the #5456 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gable performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Gable shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa. In total, SSA state-level files list Gable in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gable 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 786 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.