Gaza — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gaza

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Gaza between 1914 and 1924, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gaza currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaza performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gaza shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaza in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaza 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 58 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.