# Gabby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gabby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡæbi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gaby |
| US babies named this | 1,262 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 1,246 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 3,513 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3,284 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,690 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,246 |
| 2015 | 50 | 3,270 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,029 |
| 2017 | 60 | 2,821 |
| 2018 | 40 | 3,753 |
| 2019 | 45 | 3,473 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,939 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,046 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,612 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,629 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,059 |
| 2025 | 49 | 3,223 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | 6,379 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,326 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,130 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Gabby

- Gabby Giffords, American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
- Gabby Barrett, American country singer
- Gabby Gabreski, American flying ace (1919-2002)
- Gabby George, English footballer
- Gabby Hartnett, American baseball player and coach (1900-1972)
- Gabby Concepcion, Filipino actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.