Gaby — #3821 US girls' name
1,401 babies named Gaby in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Gaby was born in this single decade.
70 babies were named Gaby in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaby
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,401 babies named Gaby between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaby currently holds the #3821 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 70 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaby performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gaby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaby in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaby 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 1,401 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.
Gaby at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Gaby popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2007)
- 70
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #3821 among girls.
1,401 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 70 births in a single year.
Gaby popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 1956 (Gaby as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gaby accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gaby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 447 births that decade — 32% of Gaby's all-time total
Gaby decade highlights
- Peak decade 447 births
- Runner-up 407 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gaby's strongest decade
447 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Gaby by state
Where Gaby concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 300 | 21.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 103 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 35 | 2.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 35 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.4% |
300 of 1,401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 21.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 21.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Gaby appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1920–2024 (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.