Gaither — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaither

The Social Security Administration has registered 642 babies named Gaither between 1895 and 1992, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaither currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaither performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 152 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gaither shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 211 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaither in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaither 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 642 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.