Gaye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaye

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,747 babies named Gaye between 1909 and 1976, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 268 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaye performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,044 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gaye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 534 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaye in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaye 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 5,747 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.