Gaye · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Gaye.

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Gaye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1909	14
1910	15
1911	12
1913	8
1914	11
1915	7
1916	10
1917	8
1918	8
1919	9
1920	8
1921	5
1922	5
1923	11
1924	9
1925	7
1926	5
1927	10
1928	18
1929	12
1930	16
1931	25
1932	37
1933	38
1934	44
1935	78
1936	92
1937	75
1938	72
1939	84
1940	78
1941	62
1942	73
1943	95
1944	99
1945	98
1946	83
1947	118
1948	105
1949	95
1950	91
1951	98
1952	118
1953	118
1954	106
1955	100
1956	111
1957	94
1958	96
1959	128
1960	133
1961	113
1962	104
1963	82
1964	82
1965	73
1966	55
1967	51
1968	38
1969	40
1970	27
1971	19
1972	11
1973	8
1974	12
1975	5
1976	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gaye isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1976: 8
Rank in 1976: #6,611
How rare: 1 in 183,137 girls
Since 1909: 5,746

Gaye was last recorded in 1976. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1960, at 133 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gaye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.