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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#138 · 1 in 663
- Texas#166 · 1 in 819
- Arizona#265 · 1 in 1,271
- Illinois#369 · 1 in 2,331
- Washington#561 · 1 in 4,168
Best ever in a state: #34 in District of Columbia, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #138 | 217 | 1 in 663 |
| Texas | #166 | 118 | 1 in 819 |
| Arizona | #265 | 12 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Illinois | #369 | 30 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Washington | #561 | 5 | 1 in 4,168 |
| New York | #933 | 11 | 1 in 9,118 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 3,360 of them was named Gabriela, which outranked 95.9% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 261,501 of them was named Gabriela, which outranked 24.0% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #4,935Gabriela6
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- #5,587Abdulla5
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Tied with 651 names at #4,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.