Gabor
Gabor is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Gabor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gabor is a name with a single cultural origin: Hungarian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Gabor
American parents first put Gabor on the record books as a baby boy name in 1914, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 11 Gabors were born — ranking #2,503 that year. About 35% of every Gabor on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Gabor last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 147 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Gabor
Gabor is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 147 births in the dataset. Gabor's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #2,503. Use the chart and map above to compare Gabor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.