Gaber

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Gaber has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1996, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Gaber, 1996

1 in 729,000

Gaber over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gaber: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gaber means

Gaber is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Gaber is used in Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Gaber is pronounced /ɡàːbɛr/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Gaber between 1996 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1996; its best national rank was #9,484 in 1996.

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.

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How common is Gaber?

Gaber had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1996, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1996: 1 in 729,000; 5 of 3,646,048 births
Among boys only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1996: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 505,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gaber sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1996 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 505,451 children born in 1996 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gaber. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gaber was born before 1996 — so the typical Gaber is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Gaber 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1996 (5)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #9,484; 1996

Spellings of Gaber

Gaber is not the most common spelling — Abel is, with 24.1% against Gaber's <0.01%.

Abel24.1%66,037
Gage22.2%60,809
Gael17.9%49,079
Galen6.0%16,500
Gale4.5%12,437
Abe3.5%9,694
Abner3.5%9,454
Baker3.0%8,234

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.

Gaber by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,484; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 5 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 1996
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gaber

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

Gabby Tyber Baber Gabel Gabrail Gabril Gabin Rember Oliber Zuber Gilber Gabiel Gabryal Gaby Gabrel Gabryl Tayber Chamber Thurber Wuilber Gabriyel Ober Alber Gabirel

Sibling names for Gaber

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

For a sister

Iman Breann Cinthia Katia Kaela Tristan Lexus Estefania

For a brother

Austyn Claudio Dontae Deion Hernan Dangelo Samual Tristin

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