Gable
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Gable is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Gable mean?
English: English surname
Hollywood star Clark Gable, Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, made the surname familiar.
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Is Gable a girl's or a boy's name?
Gable is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gable in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Gable, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
2025 had more boys named Gable than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Gable in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gable in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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