How Many People Are Named Gaither?
people named Gaither are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,136,155 people in the US has this name
Based on 648 babies named Gaither in Social Security records from 1895 to 1992, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gaither in the records were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 4.9% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 1940s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaither alive today is about 71 years old, and 88% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 67 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaither first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1918, to 21 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1992.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 1992
🏆 Rank History
Gaither has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #919, in 1895.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #919 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,128 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaither alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaither were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 27 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaither was given about 31.2 times as often in North Carolina.
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