Recorded 1987–2022 Girls' name Peak 1993 48 births

Gifty — girls' name

48 babies named Gifty in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Gifty was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

8 babies were named Gifty in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Gifty

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Gifty between 1987 and 2022, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gifty currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gifty performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Gifty shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gifty 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 48 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.

Gifty at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

48

Since 1987

36 years of records

Peak year

1993

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1987

Recorded for 36 years

Last year on file: 2022

Gifty popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1987

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1993)
8
Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
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Gifty by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
15 births that decade — 31% of Gifty's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Gifty?
48 babies have been named Gifty since 1987. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1993 with 8 births.
When was Gifty most popular?
Gifty was most popular in the 1990s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Gifty been used?
Gifty has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 36 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Gifty?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Gift, Gifti. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1987–2022 (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.