Gaye
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #6,611
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 219 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,746since 1909
Gaye over time
Rank among girls' names. Gaye has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 |
| 1969 | #1,423 | 67 |
| 1968 | #1,418 | 63 |
| 1967 | #1,155 | 84 |
| 1966 | #1,087 | 93 |
| 1965 | #883 | 128 |
| 1964 | #839 | 155 |
| 1963 | #829 | 158 |
| 1962 | #721 | 204 |
| 1961 | #688 | 229 |
| 1960 | #610 | 268 |
| 1959 | #616 | 259 |
| 1958 | #708 | 194 |
| 1957 | #719 | 193 |
| 1956 | #639 | 222 |
| 1955 | #667 | 196 |
| 1954 | #637 | 206 |
| 1953 | #594 | 222 |
| 1952 | #586 | 219 |
| 1951 | #656 | 176 |
| 1950 | #686 | 156 |
| 1949 | #658 | 162 |
| 1948 | #619 | 178 |
| 1947 | #587 | 210 |
| 1946 | #707 | 130 |
| 1945 | #646 | 128 |
| 1944 | #643 | 131 |
| 1943 | #660 | 132 |
| 1942 | #762 | 98 |
| 1941 | #838 | 75 |
| 1940 | #734 | 89 |
| 1939 | #712 | 92 |
| 1938 | #786 | 80 |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 |
| 1936 | #679 | 96 |
| 1935 | #744 | 82 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #1,837 | 21 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gaye! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gaye is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#453 · 1 in 7,600
- California#457 · 1 in 4,988
- Pennsylvania#546 · 1 in 11,929
- New York#558 · 1 in 11,829
- Texas#799 · 1 in 9,459
Best ever in a state: #138 in Wyoming, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #453 | 5 | 1 in 7,600 |
| California | #457 | 7 | 1 in 4,988 |
| Pennsylvania | #546 | 6 | 1 in 11,929 |
| New York | #558 | 7 | 1 in 11,829 |
| Texas | #799 | 6 | 1 in 9,459 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gaye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1935 (#1,019 → #744)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1966 (#883 → #1,087)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1952 at #586 (219 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1935–1965
- Highest: 1 in 7,545 girls born in 1960 were named Gaye (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 183,137 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #586 in 1952, was only 1 in 8,467 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.6% of all girls named Gaye (2,043) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 69 | #2,140 (1910) | #2,893 |
| 1920s | 106 | #1,837 (1928) | #3,245 |
| 1930s | 599 | #679 (1936) | #1,033 |
| 1940s | 1,333 | #587 (1947) | #685 |
| 1950s | 2,043 | #586 (1952) | #651 |
| 1960s | 1,449 | #610 (1960) | #965 |
| 1970s | 142 | #1,859 (1970) | #4,145 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gaye in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 12,788 of them was named Gaye, which outranked 84.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #741Hallie83
- #741Ona83
- #741Yvette83
- #744Gaye82
- #744Georgene82
- #744Katheryn82
- #744Lavada82
- #751Catharine81
- #751Dorcas81
- #751Gaynell81
Tied with 6 names at #744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.