Gaye
Gaye is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 586th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1960268 births
- Best rank
- #586in 1952
- Since 1909
- 5,747people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,747 girls have been named Gaye in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 268 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 268 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 36%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1960, its biggest year
Gaye was the 612th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1960 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Gaye
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donnapeak 1959
- Sherrilpeak 1953
- Franpeak 1960
- Gwendapeak 1952
- Darlenepeak 1958
- Maureenpeak 1957
- Conniepeak 1955
- Nanceepeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.