Gobel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gobel

The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Gobel between 1900 and 1938, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gobel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gobel performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gobel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gobel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gobel 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 40 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.