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How popular is the name Gabe?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gabes are alive today.
Gabe (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 10 babies were given the name, the 1953rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 9 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 40% of its peak. Gabe is also a common short form of Jibril, so many people called Gabe are registered under the longer name.
The Gabe you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old - or else around 27: the name has two living generations. Half of all Gabes born in England and Wales are between 8 and 27, and there are at least 170 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gabe - on average, only one in every 1,783 such rooms contains a Gabe.
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Where does Gabe rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gabe most popular?
Gabe peaked in 2008, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Gabe?
At least 170 people named Gabe born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gabe?
Most living Gabes are between 8 and 27; the most common age is about 7. There is a second cluster around 27.
Is Gabe becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.