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
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 3,362 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 86,182since 1903
Gabriela over time
Rank among girls' names. Gabriela has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #317 | 961 | — | |
| 2024 | #298 | 1,063 | — | |
| 2023 | #296 | 1,050 | — | |
| 2022 | #339 | 955 | — | |
| 2021 | #344 | 927 | — | |
| 2020 | #322 | 961 | — | |
| 2019 | #336 | 954 | — | |
| 2018 | #325 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2017 | #281 | 1,159 | — | |
| 2016 | #253 | 1,249 | — | |
| 2015 | #256 | 1,260 | — | |
| 2014 | #232 | 1,414 | — | |
| 2013 | #221 | 1,450 | — | |
| 2012 | #200 | 1,551 | — | |
| 2011 | #165 | 1,912 | — | |
| 2010 | #148 | 2,082 | — | |
| 2009 | #139 | 2,296 | — | |
| 2008 | #131 | 2,616 | — | |
| 2007 | #118 | 2,860 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #109 | 3,023 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #115 | 2,867 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #110 | 3,024 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #102 | 3,362 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #116 | 2,914 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #125 | 2,736 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #117 | 2,845 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #123 | 2,705 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #129 | 2,577 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #120 | 2,629 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #131 | 2,414 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #123 | 2,576 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #115 | 2,838 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #134 | 2,408 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #138 | 2,269 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #146 | 2,064 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #181 | 1,605 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #223 | 1,222 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #257 | 993 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #259 | 982 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #317 | 757 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #333 | 711 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #358 | 645 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #326 | 711 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #386 | 598 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #382 | 599 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #378 | 608 | — | |
| 1979 | #335 | 704 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #388 | 536 | — | |
| 1977 | #461 | 426 | — | |
| 1976 | #446 | 436 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #457 | 413 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #451 | 408 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #512 | 333 | — | |
| 1972 | #517 | 332 | — | |
| 1971 | #632 | 262 | — | |
| 1970 | #656 | 247 | — | |
| 1969 | #657 | 228 | — | |
| 1968 | #699 | 193 | — | |
| 1967 | #880 | 134 | — | |
| 1966 | #849 | 138 | — | |
| 1965 | #883 | 128 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,078 | 102 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,298 | 72 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,396 | 59 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,652 | 42 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,465 | 14 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
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- California#96 · 1 in 504
- Texas#174 · 1 in 961
- Nevada#181 · 1 in 847
- New Mexico#218 · 1 in 1,053
- Illinois#222 · 1 in 1,364
Best ever in a state: #34 in District of Columbia, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #96 | 412 | 1 in 504 |
| Texas | #174 | 137 | 1 in 961 |
| Nevada | #181 | 6 | 1 in 847 |
| New Mexico | #218 | 9 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Illinois | #222 | 52 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Arizona | #322 | 13 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Florida | #374 | 25 | 1 in 2,657 |
| New York | #469 | 33 | 1 in 3,288 |
| New Jersey | #596 | 8 | 1 in 5,249 |
| Washington | #610 | 6 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Michigan | #702 | 8 | 1 in 7,066 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 2003 at #102 (3,362 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1965–2025
- Highest: 1 in 543 girls born in 2003 were named Gabriela (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,672 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Gabriela (28,543) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,811 |
| 1910s | 51 | #2,265 (1914) | #3,228 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,387 (1922) | #3,289 |
| 1930s | 40 | #2,750 (1931) | #3,702 |
| 1940s | 65 | #3,139 (1944) | #3,906 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,396 (1959) | #2,694 |
| 1960s | 1,160 | #657 (1969) | #1,105 |
| 1970s | 4,097 | #335 (1979) | #486 |
| 1980s | 7,826 | #223 (1989) | #322 |
| 1990s | 24,085 | #115 (1994) | #134 |
| 2000s | 28,543 | #102 (2003) | #118 |
| 2010s | 14,034 | #148 (2010) | #242 |
| 2020s | 5,917 | #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
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
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).
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).
- #2,429Ulisses22
- #2,429Wilford22
- #2,429Zain22
- #2,510Gabriela21
- #2,510Abe21
- #2,510Adison21
- #2,510Aleksander21
- #2,601Aditya20
- #2,601Akil20
- #2,601Andrei20
Tied with 90 names at #2,510; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.