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Gabby

#3,223 in 2025Girls' name

God is my strong man, through Gabriel

Gabby has been given to 1,262 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #3,223 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 67 recorded.

Babies named Gabby, 2025

1 in 67,700

Gabby over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gabby: meaning, origin, and history

God is my strong man, through Gabriel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gabby means

Gabby belongs to the name family reached through Gabby → Gabriel. Its meaning is “God is my strong man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabby is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gabriel, Gabrielle, Gabriella and Gabriela.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Gabby is pronounced /ˈɡæbi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,246 girls were recorded with the name Gabby between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 67 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,612 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,939 in 2020 to #3,223 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,270 in 2015 to #3,223 in 2025.

In the United States, 16 boys were recorded with the name Gabby between 1987 and 2001. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1987; its best national rank was #6,372 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gabby?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 67,700
49 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 32,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,223
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
46,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gabby sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabby. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabbys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabby was born before 2014 — so the typical Gabby is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,246
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (486).

Is Gabby rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−164
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−284
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+47
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
0.98×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
73.1%
Peak was 2022 (67)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,612
2022

Spellings of Gabby

Gabby is not the most common spelling — Abby is, with 40.2% against Gabby's 0.81%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gabby is used

Across 1910–2025, Gabby was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 200,224 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gabby has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gabby around the world

Where Gabby ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2008–2008
    #862
    in 2008
  • France
    2013–2025
    #1,998
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2021–2023
    #2,222
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1995–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Gabby by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,223
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 284
Best rank ever
#2,612
2022
Peak year
2022
67 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,246
Count in 2025
49

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,372
1987
Peak year
1987
6 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2001
All-time count
16
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gabby

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gabby

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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