Gabriel

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #37 for boys in 2025, 6,569 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 12,891 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
395,778
since 1880

Gabriel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #21, 2010boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#376,569
2024#5,44323#436,410
2023#8,05513#386,786
2022#6,98416#367,257
2021#5,95520#387,302
2020#5,48722#387,172
2019#3,55243#377,768
2018#4,35732#358,439
2017#4,92227#319,178
2016#3,28049#2510,279
2015#3,12953#2210,913
2014#2,80961#2410,961
2013#3,07653#2411,245
2012#2,56870#2411,580
2011#2,21685#2412,367
2010#1,992100#2112,891
2009#1,561144#2212,834
2008#1,562147#2413,041
2007#1,438164#2812,911
2006#1,342173#2812,543
2005#1,265177#2812,759
2004#1,008234#3211,563
2003#1,180182#2912,522
2002#1,031210#3212,059
2001#933238#3810,917
2000#782293#448,681
1999#784281#537,369
1998#827257#547,068
1997#789264#576,406
1996#869228#615,900
1995#851230#655,713
1994#789259#685,539
1993#832237#864,375
1992#845235#864,336
1991#839240#824,414
1990#905212#1003,699
1989#1,019168#1103,038
1988#957174#1023,119
1987#970163#983,079
1986#1,46686#953,046
1985#1,62173#923,215
1984#1,44680#873,325
1983#1,48577#893,269
1982#1,75563#883,363
1981#1,93555#873,373
1980#1,64470#853,493
1979#1,83258#903,235
1978#1,58168#903,126
1977#1,80156#873,346
1976#1,72955#813,303
1975#2,02343#1062,431
1974#2,13338#1172,232
1973#1,93942#1301,980
1972#2,17335#1391,920
1971#2,24735#1731,573
1970#2,16037#2051,244
1969#2,91721#247864
1968#4,00012#270735
1967#3,34015#285644
1966#4,8668#317547
1965#3,05017#301620
1964#3,24416#311617
1963#3,17616#328581
1962#3,78212#328573
1961#3,79312#334551
1960#3,92011#382427
1959—#372449
1958#3,54312#411362
1957#4,2029#394384
1956—#410345
1955#5,2086#398332
1954#4,6557#420291
1953—#420275
1952—#432262
1951—#432246
1950#5,3015#418258
1949#3,39310#419265
1948—#452216
1947#4,7646#437236
1946—#487173
1945—#465163
1944—#439194
1943#3,8017#449199
1942#4,6225#444194
1941#3,9546#410206
1940—#418193
1939—#466153
1938—#440170
1937#4,2555#430172
1936—#385202
1935#4,2045#414178
1934—#443163
1933—#394188
1932—#413184
1931—#388209
1930—#384220
1929#4,5705#374237
1928—#365255
1927—#373247
1926—#426202
1925—#423202
1924#4,4346#395235
1923#4,9675#415209
1922—#433194
1921#4,4646#410219
1920#4,9755#418201
1919—#425191
1918#4,8095#422190
1917#4,5945#410190
1916#4,4175#427174
1915#3,4347#408173
1914—#417131
1913#3,1875#404114
1912#1,9819#42784
1911—#42047
1910#2,3985#42141
1909—#38839
1908—#40334
1907—#51121
1906—#59016
1905—#39329
1904—#61214
1903—#50518
1902—#42623
1901—#40721
1900—#55519
1899—#58312
1898—#50517
1897—#68110
1896—#48118
1895—#55614
1894—#39922
1893—#45916
1892—#68810
1891—#59710
1890—#48915
1889—#6739
1888—#55413
1887—#39218
1886—#51213
1885—#57711
1884—#38621
1883—#59710
1882—#39920
1881—#41617
1880—#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gabriel was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1889, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Gabriel is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #38 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 142 boysAKMaine: #90 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 271 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Gabriel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #92 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 291 boysNHWashington: #40 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 223 boysWAIdaho: #71 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 259 boysIDMontana: #91 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 290 boysMTNorth Dakota: #73 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 235 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 249 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 214 boysILWisconsin: #60 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 267 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 203 boysMINew York: #37 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 223 boysNYMassachusetts: #40 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 185 boysMARhode Island: #12 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 92 boysRIOregon: #56 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 241 boysORNevada: #33 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 185 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Gabriel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #27 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 157 boysSDIowa: #81 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 306 boysIAIndiana: #42 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 229 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 220 boysOHPennsylvania: #40 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 200 boysPANew Jersey: #29 for boys · 235 births · 1 in 173 boysNJConnecticut: #35 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 163 boysCTCalifornia: #49 for boys · 811 births · 1 in 234 boysCAUtah: #76 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 320 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 193 boysCONebraska: #53 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 234 boysNEMissouri: #53 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 262 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 191 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 171 boysWVVirginia: #23 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 170 boysVAMaryland: #33 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 186 boysMDDelaware: #44 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 161 boysDEArizona: #31 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 186 boysAZNew Mexico: #17 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 133 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 203 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 194 boysARTennessee: #36 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 224 boysTNNorth Carolina: #31 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 207 boysNCSouth Carolina: #43 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 216 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #31 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 146 boysDCOklahoma: #49 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 243 boysOKLouisiana: #30 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 215 boysLAMississippi: #68 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 279 boysMSAlabama: #43 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 237 boysALGeorgia: #31 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 215 boysGAHawaii: #61 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 228 boysHITexas: #28 for boys · 884 births · 1 in 194 boysTXFlorida: #15 for boys · 590 births · 1 in 157 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#12 · 1 in 92
  2. Florida#15 · 1 in 157
  3. New Mexico#17 · 1 in 133
  4. Virginia#23 · 1 in 170
  5. South Dakota#27 · 1 in 157

Best ever in a state: #3 in New Mexico, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#12371 in 92
Florida#155901 in 157
New Mexico#17531 in 133
Virginia#232301 in 170
South Dakota#27241 in 157
Texas#288841 in 194
New Jersey#292351 in 173
Arkansas#30671 in 194
Louisiana#301011 in 215
Michigan#302121 in 203
Arizona#311751 in 186
District of Columbia#31231 in 146
Georgia#312341 in 215
North Carolina#312471 in 207
Kentucky#331041 in 191
Maryland#331341 in 186
Nevada#33641 in 185
Connecticut#35861 in 163
Ohio#352461 in 220
West Virginia#35411 in 171
Colorado#361341 in 193
Tennessee#361601 in 224
New York#373991 in 223
Alaska#38181 in 142
Illinois#382521 in 214
Massachusetts#401541 in 185
Pennsylvania#402771 in 200
Washington#401501 in 223
Indiana#421431 in 229
Alabama#43931 in 237
Kansas#43681 in 203
South Carolina#43941 in 216
Delaware#44201 in 161
California#498111 in 234
Oklahoma#49741 in 243
Minnesota#501011 in 249
Missouri#531091 in 262
Nebraska#53381 in 234
Oregon#56661 in 241
Wisconsin#60911 in 267
Hawaii#61151 in 228
Mississippi#68431 in 279
Idaho#71311 in 259
North Dakota#73151 in 235
Utah#76601 in 320
Iowa#81461 in 306
Maine#90151 in 271
Montana#91121 in 290
New Hampshire#92161 in 291
Vermont———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gabriel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#43 → #37)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#38 → #37)
  • 15 spots since 2015 (#22 → #37)
  • Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1893 (#688 → #459)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1897 (#481 → #681)
Rise & fade · boys
130 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2010 at #21 (12,891 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1990–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 149
  • Highest: 1 in 149 boys born in 2010 were named Gabriel (0.67%)
  • Latest: 1 in 260 boys born in 2025 (0.38%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 30.3% of all boys named Gabriel (119,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s147#386 (1884)#497
1890s144#399 (1894)#544
1900s234#388 (1909)#479
1910s1,335#404 (1913)#418
1920s2,201#365 (1928)#403
1930s1,839#384 (1930)#416
1940s2,039#410 (1941)#442
1950s3,204#372 (1959)#411
1960s6,159#247 (1969)#310
1970s24,390#81 (1976)#122
1980s32,320#85 (1980)#93
1990s54,819#53 (1999)#71
2000s119,830#22 (2009)#31
2010s105,621#21 (2010)#27
2020s41,496#36 (2022)#38

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gabriel in 2021

girls
#5,955
20 births · 1 in 82,043 girls
boys
#38
7,302 births · 1 in 240 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #5,955Gabriel20

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #38Gabriel7,302
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 82,043 of them was named Gabriel, which outranked 66.3% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabriel
  1. #5,748Zoi21
  2. #5,748Zuria21
  3. #5,748Zyrah21
  4. #5,955Gabriel20
  5. #5,955Aamirah20
  6. #5,955Aasiya20
  7. #5,955Adelene20
  8. #6,174Aamina19
  9. #6,174Acsa19
  10. #6,174Adaleya19

Tied with 218 names at #5,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 240 of them was named Gabriel, which outranked 99.7% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabriel
  1. #35Grayson7,554
  2. #36Matthew7,489
  3. #37Ezra7,438
  4. #38Gabriel7,302
  5. #39Carter7,205
  6. #40Isaac6,987
  7. #41Jayden6,934
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →