Gable
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1909 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 804since 1909
Gable over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gable has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,685 | 12 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,622 | 12 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | — | #4,421 | 19 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,451 | 14 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,751 | 7 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,838 | 10 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Gable! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gable is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gable in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gable
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 235 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,208)
- 5,397 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #5,208)
- 150 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,208)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1909 at #1,440 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,799
- Highest: 1 in 32,799 boys born in 1909 were named Gable (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 18.2% of all boys named Gable (146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 23 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,320 |
| 1920s | 45 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,648 |
| 1930s | 30 | #2,719 (1935) | #3,285 |
| 1940s | 25 | #2,743 (1945) | #3,108 |
| 1950s | 47 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,340 |
| 1960s | 37 | #2,982 (1965) | #3,604 |
| 1970s | 52 | #3,614 (1978) | #4,621 |
| 1980s | 49 | #3,838 (1980) | #5,544 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,849 (1998) | #5,039 |
| 2000s | 146 | #4,066 (2000) | #5,627 |
| 2010s | 139 | #4,366 (2010) | #6,430 |
| 2020s | 85 | #5,208 (2025) | #6,592 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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