The first use of 'high-five' cited by the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1980:
Maclean's Mag. 20 Oct. 48 They used to slap palms ('Gimme five, man'), but what they do now is reach high and bang hands up there ('The high five, man').The Phrase Finder says of the origin of the term and associated gesture: "Began in the basketball circuit in the US in the 1979/80 season. The University of Louisville player Derek Smith claims to have coined the term."
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