Gabe
Boy · GAYB · Hebrew
Gabe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Gabe mean?
Hebrew: short form of Gabriel
“God is my strength”
Short form of Gabriel, the archangel who announces the birth of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
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Is Gabe a girl's or a boy's name?
Gabe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gabe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Gabe, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gabe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Gabe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 2 | #4,101 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Gabe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Gabe, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 126 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gabe in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gabe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 89 | #1,729 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,545 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,350 |
| 2010 | 91 | #1,687 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,517 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,467 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,359 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,367 |
| 2005 | 126 | #1,252 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,266 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,430 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,250 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 66 | #1,621 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,050 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,633 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,144 |
| 1976 | 54 | #1,163 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,231 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,024 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 27 | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,317 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 30 | #1,466 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,079 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 18 | #1,826 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 9 | #705 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 11 | #571 |
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