Gable is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2009 and remains in steady use.
Gable is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,277 for boy births in the United States (and #11,124 across all names), given to 18 babies. Gable was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 2009 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,277 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,514 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,432 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,508 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,622 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,052 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,917 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,471 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,823 |
| 2016 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,858 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,132 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,362 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,018 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,753 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,981 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,408 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,334 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,578 |
| 2007 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,780 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,608 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | #15,126 | #5,984 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,474 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,654 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,226 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,106 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,609 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | — | #3,899 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | — | #4,523 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | — | #4,696 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | — | #5,636 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | — | #7,222 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | — | #4,314 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | — | #4,661 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,583 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | — | #4,494 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,452 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | — | #5,992 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,338 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | — | #6,898 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | — | #4,693 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | — | #5,117 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | — | #3,941 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | — | #6,389 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | — | #3,687 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,139 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #5,760 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #4,845 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,229 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #5,177 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,421 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | — | #4,166 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,339 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,068 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | — | #4,260 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,464 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,238 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | — | #3,113 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,372 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | — | #4,182 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | — | #3,575 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,554 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | — | #2,582 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | — | #3,872 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | — | #3,113 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | — | #2,842 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,242 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | — | #3,760 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,246 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | — | #3,731 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,791 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | — | #3,421 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | — | #3,966 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | — | #4,197 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | — | #4,368 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | — | #3,878 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | — | #3,242 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | — | #3,647 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | — | #3,315 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #3,995 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | — | #3,540 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | — | #4,410 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,438 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,541 |