Gaither
Recorded 1895–1992 · United States
Gaither was most popular in 1918, when 21 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,272 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 648 people named Gaither.
Gaither over time
How old is the name Gaither?
Gaither first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1895, which makes it about 130 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 59 of the 131 years since. It was last recorded in 1992.
How many people are named Gaither?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 648 American births named Gaither between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 164 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gaither in 2025?
Gaither was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Gaither a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gaither is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 648 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Gaither?
Roughly 164 Americans named Gaither are alive today — 25% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 74 years old, and half are between 68 and 81.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Gaither is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org