Gabe appears in U.S. registration data going all the way back to 1880, when records begin. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2005, 126 babies received the name (ranked #1254). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2763), with roughly 50 babies named Gabe each year. Gabe has been declining in recent years. In total, around 4,086 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.