Gabriela

#317 for girls in 2025, 961 births · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #6,622
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2003 · 3,362 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
86,182
since 1903

Gabriela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gabriela has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #102, 2003girls
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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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2025#317961—
2024#2981,063—
2023#2961,050—
2022#339955—
2021#344927—
2020#322961—
2019#336954—
2018#3251,003—
2017#2811,159—
2016#2531,249—
2015#2561,260—
2014#2321,414—
2013#2211,450—
2012#2001,551—
2011#1651,912—
2010#1482,082—
2009#1392,296—
2008#1312,616—
2007#1182,860#6,62212
2006#1093,023#6,90411
2005#1152,867#9,1157
2004#1103,024#8,1438
2003#1023,362#8,6437
2002#1162,914#7,6438
2001#1252,736#10,5565
2000#1172,845#7,4168
1999#1232,705#6,04210
1998#1292,577#9,6315
1997#1202,629#7,2817
1996#1312,414#4,18515
1995#1232,576#5,9289
1994#1152,838#2,76626
1993#1342,408#2,69726
1992#1382,269#2,67026
1991#1462,064#2,98921
1990#1811,605#2,95221
1989#2231,222#3,20518
1988#257993#3,07917
1987#259982#3,20115
1986#317757#2,51021
1985#333711#4,6988
1984#358645#4,9737
1983#326711#3,88410
1982#386598#4,5938
1981#382599#4,9617
1980#378608—
1979#335704#4,8427
1978#388536—
1977#461426—
1976#446436#4,9356
1975#457413#4,3097
1974#451408#3,8378
1973#512333—
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1971#632262—
1970#656247—
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1964#1,078102—
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1958#1,70340—
1957#1,65242—
1956#2,45321—
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1951#2,47417—
1950#5,3015—
1949#3,8928—
1948#5,2435—
1947#4,0078—
1946#4,4176—
1945#3,3888—
1944#3,1399—
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five girls were named Gabriela! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gabriela is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedNHWashington: #610 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,534 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMNIllinois: #222 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,364 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedWIMichigan: #702 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,066 girlsMINew York: #469 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 3,288 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedORNevada: #181 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 847 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #596 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,249 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #96 for girls · 412 births · 1 in 504 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedDEArizona: #322 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,802 girlsAZNew Mexico: #218 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gabriela, so not publishedHITexas: #174 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 961 girlsTXFlorida: #374 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,657 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#96 · 1 in 504
  2. Texas#174 · 1 in 961
  3. Nevada#181 · 1 in 847
  4. New Mexico#218 · 1 in 1,053
  5. Illinois#222 · 1 in 1,364

Best ever in a state: #34 in District of Columbia, 2006.

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StateRankBirthsShare
California#964121 in 504
Texas#1741371 in 961
Nevada#18161 in 847
New Mexico#21891 in 1,053
Illinois#222521 in 1,364
Arizona#322131 in 1,802
Florida#374251 in 2,657
New York#469331 in 3,288
New Jersey#59681 in 5,249
Washington#61061 in 4,534
Michigan#70281 in 7,066
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Gabriela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 19 spots since 2024 (#298 → #317)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#322 → #317)
  • 61 spots since 2015 (#256 → #317)
  • Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1965 (#1,078 → #883)
  • Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2018 (#281 → #325)
Rise & fade · girls
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 2003 at #102 (3,362 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1965–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 543
  • Highest: 1 in 543 girls born in 2003 were named Gabriela (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,672 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 33.1% of all girls named Gabriela (28,543) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s17#1,763 (1909)#1,811
1910s51#2,265 (1914)#3,228
1920s96#2,387 (1922)#3,289
1930s40#2,750 (1931)#3,702
1940s65#3,139 (1944)#3,906
1950s251#1,396 (1959)#2,694
1960s1,160#657 (1969)#1,105
1970s4,097#335 (1979)#486
1980s7,826#223 (1989)#322
1990s24,085#115 (1994)#134
2000s28,543#102 (2003)#118
2010s14,034#148 (2010)#242
2020s5,917#296 (2023)#319

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

Gabriela in 1986

girls
#317
757 births · 1 in 2,266 girls
boys
#2,510
21 births · 1 in 87,691 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #317Gabriela757

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #2,510Gabriela21
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 2,266 of them was named Gabriela, which outranked 97.5% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabriela
  1. #314Clarissa764
  2. #315Cortney758
  3. #315Miriam758
  4. #317Gabriela757
  5. #318Tracey754
  6. #319Shauna750
  7. #320Yvette749
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 87,691 of them was named Gabriela, which outranked 67.9% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabriela
  1. #2,429Ulisses22
  2. #2,429Wilford22
  3. #2,429Zain22
  4. #2,510Gabriela21
  5. #2,510Abe21
  6. #2,510Adison21
  7. #2,510Aleksander21
  8. #2,601Aditya20
  9. #2,601Akil20
  10. #2,601Andrei20

Tied with 90 names at #2,510; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →