Gaye
Gaye is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
- English
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Gaye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gaye is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Turkish
The Story of Gaye
Gaye first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1909, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1960: 268 births, good for #611 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Gayes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1976 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6K Gayes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gaye
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About the name Gaye
Gaye is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Gaye's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #611. Use the chart and map above to compare Gaye'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 .
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