Total births
109
Girls' name · since 1914
Gazella
109 babies named Gazella in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 109
- total births
- 1914–1956
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
109 girls have been named Gazella since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gazella has 109 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1956.
- 109 total births
- 1914–1956 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
109 girls have been named Gazella since 1914, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1956.
- 109
- total births
- 1914–1956
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
1910s
Peak decade
51% of everyone ever named Gazella was born in this single decade.
1915
Single peak year
16 babies were named Gazella in 1915 - its busiest year on record.
Gazella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gazella's full recorded timeline at 1921, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gazella at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
1915
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1914
Gazella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1956
- Peak year (1915)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Gazella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Gazella's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Gazella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
56 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 56 births (51% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gazella? ▼
Gazella has been given to 109 babies in the U.S. since 1914, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1956. 16 babies were born in 1915, its single highest year.
When was Gazella most popular? ▼
Gazella was most popular in the 1910s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 1915.
How long has the name Gazella been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Gazella since 1914 -- 43 years through the most recent 1956 data.
What names are similar to Gazella? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gazelle, Gazal. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Gazella's data
- Gazella's decade-level peak was the 1910s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Gazella: Baby Name Since 1914 - 109 Births, Peak 1915." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/gazella. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gazella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.