# Gaye (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gaye/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,746 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,746 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Gay.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 204 | 722 |
| 1963 | 158 | 830 |
| 1964 | 155 | 839 |
| 1965 | 128 | 886 |
| 1966 | 93 | 1,090 |
| 1967 | 84 | 1,158 |
| 1968 | 63 | 1,424 |
| 1969 | 67 | 1,427 |
| 1970 | 47 | 1,863 |
| 1971 | 32 | 2,390 |
| 1972 | 17 | 3,608 |
| 1973 | 12 | 4,651 |
| 1974 | 18 | 3,597 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,703 |
| 1976 | 8 | 6,815 |

## People named Gaye

- Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (1923-2010)
- Gaye Adegbalola, American blues singer and guitarist

## 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.