Gabe

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gabe: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gabe: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,552 in 2000, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1552highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1998	#2074
2000	#1552
2002	#2636
2003	#3467
2004	#3009
2006	#2538
2007	#4333
2008	#1953
2009	#2837
2010	#4678
2012	#4805
2013	#2954
2014	#2248
2015	#3373
2016	#3079
2017	#3449
2018	#3011
2019	#3411
2020	#2228
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
2023	#2546
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1552 among boys in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Gabe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gabe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	44	8 of 10	6
2010s	48	9 of 10	5
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gabe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1552 in England and Wales in 2000.

Gabe's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,552, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Deep · #1552, 22y
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Perran · #1552, 22y
Raman · #1552, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Deep · #1552, 22y
Perran · #1552, 22y
Raman · #1552, 28y
Saajan · #1552, 19y

Gabe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gabe without appearing here.

Gabe moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Gabe

Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1440.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Arne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #2960 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2493.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2546 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Gabe

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Gabe

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gabe went from #2022 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1552 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gabe

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Popularity journey

Gabe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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