Gabrielle

#632 for girls in 2025, 459 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 6,130 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
138,782
since 1890

Gabrielle over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #46, 1999girls
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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#632459#6,80312
2024#576526#12,3495
2023#551548—
2022#493639#12,3305
2021#443704#9,7147
2020#358866#8,0679
2019#343918#8,2159
2018#3061,092#9,6707
2017#2611,219#8,8408
2016#2251,424#6,72612
2015#2041,602#5,50716
2014#1731,923#9,6427
2013#1412,217#7,02611
2012#1292,423#5,25617
2011#1192,624#4,98318
2010#943,144#5,74115
2009#963,421#4,42922
2008#794,027#3,48631
2007#684,544#4,01125
2006#634,846#3,78226
2005#555,018#3,44728
2004#734,420#2,64340
2003#664,600#4,11420
2002#664,669#3,02230
2001#505,606#3,32126
2000#495,872#3,29925
1999#466,130#3,18225
1998#476,201#3,59720
1997#515,943#3,16023
1996#545,888#4,18515
1995#615,448#2,62628
1994#675,044#2,55629
1993#844,017#3,50118
1992#844,028#3,60417
1991#973,578#2,40629
1990#993,541#2,48827
1989#1122,719#2,78422
1988#1372,097#4,16211
1987#1741,604#4,23910
1986#266965#3,65312
1985#279896#3,07015
1984#295810#3,45912
1983#361627#4,1419
1982#360640#4,5938
1981#385588#4,9617
1980#401567#6,2505
1979#433477#4,8427
1978#471419#4,5547
1977#599284—
1976#493367—
1975#492370—
1974#514330#5,2275
1973#510335#5,1015
1972#497356—
1971#461443—
1970#504393—
1969#560311—
1968#598259—
1967#656213—
1966#703194—
1965#665221—
1964#676228—
1963#687216—
1962#694220—
1961#761187—
1960#730192—
1959#871140—
1958#955117—
1957#871136—
1956#1,06692—
1955#1,04393—
1954#1,34455—
1953#1,37350—
1952#1,46943—
1951#1,61135—
1950#1,76429—
1949#1,88226—
1948#1,52037—
1947#1,39744—
1946#1,72327—
1945#1,48230—
1944#1,69824—
1943#1,18147—
1942#1,24941—
1941#1,08746—
1940#1,59124—
1939#1,26534—
1938#1,38229—
1937#1,53924—
1936#1,87317—
1935#2,00616—
1934#1,69720—
1933#1,90617—
1932#1,68521—
1931#1,68621—
1930#1,60724—
1929#1,41929—
1928#1,36632—
1927#1,61926—
1926#1,54128—
1925#1,17643—
1924#1,17045—
1923#1,21341—
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1921#1,62527—
1920#1,37533—
1919#1,39331—
1918#1,15342—
1917#1,16238—
1916#1,05943—
1915#1,19033—
1914#1,19926—
1913#1,15123—
1912#1,17820—
1911#1,11316—
1910#1,42111—
1909#1,15213—
1908#1,6767—
1907#1,3849—
1906#1,4168—
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1904#1,4867—
1903#1,7925—
1902#1,7935—
1901#1,2278—
1900#1,4318—
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Gabrielle! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gabrielle is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #154 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 596 girlsAKMaine: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 619 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #124 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 634 girlsNHWashington: #190 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,046 girlsWAIdaho: #171 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 741 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #191 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,227 girlsMNIllinois: #151 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 874 girlsILWisconsin: #278 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,930 girlsWIMichigan: #140 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 805 girlsMINew York: #105 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 598 girlsNYMassachusetts: #220 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,380 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedRIOregon: #241 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,392 girlsORNevada: #122 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 531 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gabrielle, so not publishedSDIowa: #247 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,563 girlsIAIndiana: #209 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,338 girlsINOhio: #220 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,354 girlsOHPennsylvania: #145 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 796 girlsPANew Jersey: #113 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 622 girlsNJConnecticut: #194 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,140 girlsCTCalifornia: #245 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsCAUtah: #273 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,488 girlsUTColorado: #192 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsCONebraska: #262 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsNEMissouri: #183 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,077 girlsMOKentucky: #239 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,606 girlsKYWest Virginia: #283 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,814 girlsWVVirginia: #242 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,510 girlsVAMaryland: #186 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,020 girlsMDDelaware: #153 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 684 girlsDEArizona: #182 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 940 girlsAZNew Mexico: #105 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 501 girlsNMKansas: #182 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 947 girlsKSArkansas: #161 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 876 girlsARTennessee: #191 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,129 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #158 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 955 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #233 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,298 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #226 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 950 girlsDCOklahoma: #203 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,120 girlsOKLouisiana: #72 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 371 girlsLAMississippi: #82 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 403 girlsMSAlabama: #117 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 598 girlsALGeorgia: #148 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 852 girlsGAHawaii: #118 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 441 girlsHITexas: #210 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsTXFlorida: #167 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 992 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#72 · 1 in 371
  2. Mississippi#82 · 1 in 403
  3. New Mexico#105 · 1 in 501
  4. New York#105 · 1 in 598
  5. New Jersey#113 · 1 in 622

Best ever in a state: #11 in Louisiana, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#72711 in 371
Mississippi#82331 in 403
New Mexico#105191 in 501
New York#1051871 in 598
New Jersey#113701 in 622
Alabama#117361 in 598
Hawaii#118111 in 441
Nevada#122101 in 531
New Hampshire#124101 in 634
Maine#134101 in 619
Michigan#140721 in 805
Pennsylvania#145871 in 796
Georgia#148461 in 852
Illinois#151831 in 874
Delaware#15351 in 684
Alaska#15461 in 596
North Carolina#158391 in 955
Arkansas#161141 in 876
Florida#167701 in 992
Idaho#17171 in 741
Arizona#182261 in 940
Kansas#182151 in 947
Missouri#183291 in 1,077
Maryland#186251 in 1,020
Washington#190261 in 1,046
Minnesota#191221 in 1,227
Tennessee#191251 in 1,129
Colorado#192201 in 1,049
Connecticut#194161 in 1,140
Oklahoma#203161 in 1,120
Indiana#209241 in 1,338
Texas#2101101 in 1,172
Massachusetts#220261 in 1,380
Ohio#220501 in 1,354
District of Columbia#22661 in 950
South Carolina#233141 in 1,298
Kentucky#239131 in 1,606
Oregon#241111 in 1,392
Virginia#242231 in 1,510
California#2451611 in 1,336
Iowa#247101 in 1,563
Nebraska#26261 in 1,538
Utah#27391 in 1,488
Wisconsin#278151 in 1,930
West Virginia#28351 in 1,814
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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 Gabrielle
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#576 → #632)
  • 274 spots since 2020 (#358 → #632)
  • 428 spots since 2015 (#204 → #632)
  • Biggest jump: 195 spots in 1957 (#1,066 → #871)
  • Biggest drop: 106 spots in 1977 (#493 → #599)
Rise & fade · girls
109 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1999 at #46 (6,130 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1990–2010
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1957–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 285
  • Highest: 1 in 285 girls born in 1998 were named Gabrielle (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,502 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #46 in 1999, was only 1 in 289 (0.35%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 35.9% of all girls named Gabrielle (49,818) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s29#1,263 (1898)#1,426
1900s70#1,152 (1909)#1,484
1910s283#1,059 (1916)#1,202
1920s344#1,170 (1924)#1,374
1930s223#1,265 (1939)#1,665
1940s346#1,087 (1941)#1,481
1950s790#871 (1959)#1,237
1960s2,241#560 (1969)#673
1970s3,774#433 (1979)#497
1980s11,513#112 (1989)#277
1990s49,818#46 (1999)#69
2000s47,023#49 (2000)#67
2010s18,586#94 (2010)#200
2020s3,742#358 (2020)#509

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.

Gabrielle in 1987

girls
#174
1,604 births · 1 in 1,084 girls
boys
#4,239
10 births · 1 in 186,698 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #174Gabrielle1,604

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #4,239Gabrielle10
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,084 of them was named Gabrielle, which outranked 98.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabrielle
  1. #171Paige1,637
  2. #172Barbara1,632
  3. #173Sierra1,620
  4. #174Gabrielle1,604
  5. #175Emma1,589
  6. #176Justine1,587
  7. #177Britney1,585
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 186,698 of them was named Gabrielle, which outranked 48.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gabrielle
  1. #3,959Yuta11
  2. #3,959Zacheriah11
  3. #3,959Zedrick11
  4. #4,239Gabrielle10
  5. #4,239Abdallah10
  6. #4,239Abisai10
  7. #4,239Able10
  8. #4,573Abelino9
  9. #4,573Abhishek9
  10. #4,573Acie9

Tied with 333 names at #4,239; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →