Recorded 1915–1929 Boys' name Peak 1915 16 births

Gather — boys' name

16 babies named Gather in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s10
1920s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Gather was born in this single decade.

1915
Single peak year

6 babies were named Gather in 1915 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gather

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Gather between 1915 and 1929, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gather currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gather performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gather shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gather 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 16 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.

Gather at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

16

Since 1915

15 years of records

Peak year

1915

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1915

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 1929

Gather popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1915

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1915)
6
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4.555.566.5 192919241915 6

Gather by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
10 births that decade — 63% of Gather's all-time total
1910s61920s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gather?
16 babies have been named Gather since 1915. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1915 with 6 births.
When was Gather most popular?
Gather was most popular in the 1920s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Gather been used?
Gather has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 15 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Gather?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gatlin, Gates, Gatlyn, Gatsby, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1915–1929 (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.