Gabby

Where Gabby comes from

The dictionaries list Gabby as a given name — a diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #6,567 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #2,604
    67 babies named Gabby — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive form of the male given name Gabriel.
  • A diminutive form of the female given names Gabrielle, Gabriella and Gabriela.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.