Gabby
Gabby was the 3223rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2612th with 67 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Gabby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,223 girls, down 284 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202267 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,262babies recorded
Gabby popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 16 since 1987.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,223 | 49 |
| 2020 | #2,939 | 55 |
| 2010 | #3,587 | 44 |
| 2000 | #8,205 | 12 |
| 1990 | #11,866 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Gabby, counting every spelling?
Gabby is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,646 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,223 for Gabby on its own. Together these spellings went to 110 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabby | 49 | #3,223 | 290 |
| Gaby | 36 | #4,013 | 190 |
| Gabi | 12 | #8,534 | 56 |
| Gabbie | 7 | #12,336 | 38 |
| Gabbi | 6 | #13,777 | 25 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Gabby?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gabby (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gabby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gabby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gabby?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Gabby are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Gabby a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Gabby by state
How common Gabby was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Gabby: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gabby, they share its era and feel.
Gabby is also a nickname for Gabriella and Gabrielle.
Questions about the name Gabby
How popular is the name Gabby?
Gabby was the 3223rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2612th with 67 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 47 places. More babies were named Gabby in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Gabby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gabby in the US.
Where is Gabby most popular?
In 2021–2025, Gabby was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and North Carolina.