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.

#26,153 of 72,339
all-time among girls
109
born since 1914
1910s
peak 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.

  • #26,153 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 109 born since 1914
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gazella ranks #26,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.

#26,153 of 72,339
all-time among girls
109
born since 1914
1910s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Gazella's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

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 popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1956

Last recorded 1956
Peak year (1915)
16
Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
05101520 19141916191819201922192419291956 5

Gazella by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (56 births, 51% of the file).

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 56 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 archive ordinal is #26,153 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1956. 16 babies were born in 1915, its single highest year.
Where does Gazella sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gazella ranks #26,153 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Gazella

Nearby Names Like Gazella

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Gazella

Gazelle Girl
73 births
Gazal Girl
#14494 19 births

Compare Gazella side by side: Gazella vs Gazelle Gazella vs Gazal

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Related Names

Names with a similar number of total births

Nillie
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Arnice
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Marzelle
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Coren
109 births · Peak 1979
Constancia
109 births · Peak 1930
Marvena
109 births · Peak 1945
Nevia
109 births · Peak 2005
Sherryll
109 births · Peak 1956

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Gazella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 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).

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 August 2026.