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
- Peak · boys
- 2010 · 12,891 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 48 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 395,778since 1880
Gabriel over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #9,457 | 10 | #37 | 6,569 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #43 | 6,410 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #38 | 6,786 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #36 | 7,257 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | #38 | 7,302 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #38 | 7,172 |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | #37 | 7,768 |
| 2018 | #4,357 | 32 | #35 | 8,439 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #31 | 9,178 |
| 2016 | #3,280 | 49 | #25 | 10,279 |
| 2015 | #3,129 | 53 | #22 | 10,913 |
| 2014 | #2,809 | 61 | #24 | 10,961 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 | #24 | 11,245 |
| 2012 | #2,568 | 70 | #24 | 11,580 |
| 2011 | #2,216 | 85 | #24 | 12,367 |
| 2010 | #1,992 | 100 | #21 | 12,891 |
| 2009 | #1,561 | 144 | #22 | 12,834 |
| 2008 | #1,562 | 147 | #24 | 13,041 |
| 2007 | #1,438 | 164 | #28 | 12,911 |
| 2006 | #1,342 | 173 | #28 | 12,543 |
| 2005 | #1,265 | 177 | #28 | 12,759 |
| 2004 | #1,008 | 234 | #32 | 11,563 |
| 2003 | #1,180 | 182 | #29 | 12,522 |
| 2002 | #1,031 | 210 | #32 | 12,059 |
| 2001 | #933 | 238 | #38 | 10,917 |
| 2000 | #782 | 293 | #44 | 8,681 |
| 1999 | #784 | 281 | #53 | 7,369 |
| 1998 | #827 | 257 | #54 | 7,068 |
| 1997 | #789 | 264 | #57 | 6,406 |
| 1996 | #869 | 228 | #61 | 5,900 |
| 1995 | #851 | 230 | #65 | 5,713 |
| 1994 | #789 | 259 | #68 | 5,539 |
| 1993 | #832 | 237 | #86 | 4,375 |
| 1992 | #845 | 235 | #86 | 4,336 |
| 1991 | #839 | 240 | #82 | 4,414 |
| 1990 | #905 | 212 | #100 | 3,699 |
| 1989 | #1,019 | 168 | #110 | 3,038 |
| 1988 | #957 | 174 | #102 | 3,119 |
| 1987 | #970 | 163 | #98 | 3,079 |
| 1986 | #1,466 | 86 | #95 | 3,046 |
| 1985 | #1,621 | 73 | #92 | 3,215 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 | #87 | 3,325 |
| 1983 | #1,485 | 77 | #89 | 3,269 |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 | #88 | 3,363 |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 | #87 | 3,373 |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 70 | #85 | 3,493 |
| 1979 | #1,832 | 58 | #90 | 3,235 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 | #90 | 3,126 |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | #87 | 3,346 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 | #81 | 3,303 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 | #106 | 2,431 |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | #117 | 2,232 |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | #130 | 1,980 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 | #139 | 1,920 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | #173 | 1,573 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | #205 | 1,244 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #247 | 864 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #270 | 735 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #285 | 644 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #317 | 547 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #301 | 620 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #311 | 617 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #328 | 581 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #328 | 573 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #334 | 551 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #382 | 427 |
| 1959 | — | #372 | 449 | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #411 | 362 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #394 | 384 |
| 1956 | — | #410 | 345 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #398 | 332 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #420 | 291 |
| 1953 | — | #420 | 275 | |
| 1952 | — | #432 | 262 | |
| 1951 | — | #432 | 246 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #418 | 258 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #419 | 265 |
| 1948 | — | #452 | 216 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #437 | 236 |
| 1946 | — | #487 | 173 | |
| 1945 | — | #465 | 163 | |
| 1944 | — | #439 | 194 | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #449 | 199 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #444 | 194 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #410 | 206 |
| 1940 | — | #418 | 193 | |
| 1939 | — | #466 | 153 | |
| 1938 | — | #440 | 170 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #430 | 172 |
| 1936 | — | #385 | 202 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #414 | 178 |
| 1934 | — | #443 | 163 | |
| 1933 | — | #394 | 188 | |
| 1932 | — | #413 | 184 | |
| 1931 | — | #388 | 209 | |
| 1930 | — | #384 | 220 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #374 | 237 |
| 1928 | — | #365 | 255 | |
| 1927 | — | #373 | 247 | |
| 1926 | — | #426 | 202 | |
| 1925 | — | #423 | 202 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #395 | 235 |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #415 | 209 |
| 1922 | — | #433 | 194 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #410 | 219 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #418 | 201 |
| 1919 | — | #425 | 191 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #422 | 190 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #410 | 190 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #427 | 174 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #408 | 173 |
| 1914 | — | #417 | 131 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #404 | 114 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #427 | 84 |
| 1911 | — | #420 | 47 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #421 | 41 |
| 1909 | — | #388 | 39 | |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #590 | 16 | |
| 1905 | — | #393 | 29 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #481 | 18 | |
| 1895 | — | #556 | 14 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #554 | 13 | |
| 1887 | — | #392 | 18 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #386 | 21 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #465 | 15 | |
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.
See more about Gabriel
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2010 at #21 (12,891 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 149 boys born in 2010 were named Gabriel (0.67%)
- Latest: 1 in 260 boys born in 2025 (0.38%)
- 30.3% of all boys named Gabriel (119,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | #386 (1884) | #497 |
| 1890s | 144 | #399 (1894) | #544 |
| 1900s | 234 | #388 (1909) | #479 |
| 1910s | 1,335 | #404 (1913) | #418 |
| 1920s | 2,201 | #365 (1928) | #403 |
| 1930s | 1,839 | #384 (1930) | #416 |
| 1940s | 2,039 | #410 (1941) | #442 |
| 1950s | 3,204 | #372 (1959) | #411 |
| 1960s | 6,159 | #247 (1969) | #310 |
| 1970s | 24,390 | #81 (1976) | #122 |
| 1980s | 32,320 | #85 (1980) | #93 |
| 1990s | 54,819 | #53 (1999) | #71 |
| 2000s | 119,830 | #22 (2009) | #31 |
| 2010s | 105,621 | #21 (2010) | #27 |
| 2020s | 41,496 | #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 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 201,353 of them was named Gabriel, which outranked 22.2% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,559Willadene7
- #3,559Wretha7
- #3,559Yvetta7
- #3,954Gabriel6
- #3,954Adair6
- #3,954Adda6
- #3,954Adelene6
- #4,420Adah5
- #4,420Adonna5
- #4,420Adra5
Tied with 465 names at #3,954; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 5,963 of them was named Gabriel, which outranked 89.8% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.