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 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#586 · 1 in 5,689
- California#780 · 1 in 10,397
- New York#1,004 · 1 in 21,048
Best ever in a state: #34 in District of Columbia, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #586 | 20 | 1 in 5,689 |
| California | #780 | 16 | 1 in 10,397 |
| New York | #1,004 | 8 | 1 in 21,048 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 34,296 of them was named Gabriela, which outranked 80.6% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,383Laury60
- #1,383Marlena60
- #1,383Melony60
- #1,396Gabriela59
- #1,396Alethea59
- #1,396Concepcion59
- #1,396Dorrie59
- #1,407Amalia58
- #1,407Clementine58
- #1,407Darci58
Tied with 10 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.