Gabor — boys' name
147 babies named Gabor in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Gabor was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Gabor in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gabor
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Gabor between 1914 and 2020, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gabor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gabor performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gabor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gabor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gabor 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 147 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.
Gabor at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gabor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1914
- Peak year (1962)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 107 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
147 total births across 107 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 11 births in a single year.
Gabor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 51 births that decade — 35% of Gabor's all-time total
Gabor decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Gabor's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Gabor by state
Where Gabor concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 147 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–2020 (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.