Gaye is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Gaye is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1976. Gaye was first reported in SSA data in 1909 and peaked in 1960 (268 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | — | #6,815 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,703 |
| 1974 | 18 | — | #3,597 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,651 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #3,608 |
| 1971 | 32 | — | #2,390 |
| 1970 | 47 | — | #1,863 |
| 1969 | 67 | — | #1,427 |
| 1968 | 63 | — | #1,424 |
| 1967 | 84 | — | #1,158 |
| 1966 | 93 | — | #1,090 |
| 1965 | 128 | — | #886 |
| 1964 | 155 | — | #839 |
| 1963 | 158 | — | #830 |
| 1962 | 204 | — | #722 |
| 1961 | 229 | — | #689 |
| 1960 | 268 | — | #612 |
| 1959 | 259 | — | #616 |
| 1958 | 194 | — | #708 |
| 1957 | 193 | — | #720 |
| 1956 | 222 | — | #639 |
| 1955 | 196 | — | #668 |
| 1954 | 206 | — | #637 |
| 1953 | 222 | — | #594 |
| 1952 | 219 | — | #586 |
| 1951 | 176 | — | #656 |
| 1950 | 156 | — | #687 |
| 1949 | 162 | — | #658 |
| 1948 | 178 | — | #620 |
| 1947 | 210 | — | #587 |
| 1946 | 130 | — | #707 |
| 1945 | 128 | — | #646 |
| 1944 | 131 | — | #644 |
| 1943 | 132 | — | #660 |
| 1942 | 98 | — | #763 |
| 1941 | 75 | — | #839 |
| 1940 | 89 | — | #735 |
| 1939 | 92 | — | #712 |
| 1938 | 80 | — | #790 |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #763 |
| 1936 | 96 | — | #680 |
| 1935 | 82 | — | #744 |
| 1934 | 46 | — | #1,023 |
| 1933 | 38 | — | #1,147 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | #1,134 |
| 1931 | 27 | — | #1,433 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | #1,970 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,489 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,858 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,768 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,503 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,487 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #3,042 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | #2,638 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,658 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,699 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | #3,435 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #3,090 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,356 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #3,190 |
| 1916 | 10 | — | #2,912 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,572 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,736 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,379 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,618 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,242 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,343 |