Gadiel
#1,186 for boys in 2025, 173 births
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 188 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,568since 1978
Gadiel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gadiel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,186 | 173 |
| 2024 | #1,072 | 203 |
| 2023 | #1,134 | 186 |
| 2022 | #1,131 | 186 |
| 2021 | #1,407 | 130 |
| 2020 | #1,064 | 188 |
| 2019 | #1,193 | 160 |
| 2018 | #1,328 | 136 |
| 2017 | #1,735 | 89 |
| 2016 | #1,724 | 90 |
| 2015 | #2,019 | 71 |
| 2014 | #1,959 | 73 |
| 2013 | #1,811 | 79 |
| 2012 | #1,787 | 83 |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 70 |
| 2010 | #1,834 | 79 |
| 2009 | #1,742 | 88 |
| 2008 | #1,899 | 76 |
| 2007 | #1,995 | 70 |
| 2006 | #2,221 | 57 |
| 2005 | #2,493 | 45 |
| 2004 | #2,283 | 50 |
| 2003 | #2,729 | 36 |
| 2002 | #3,022 | 30 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
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| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five boys were named Gadiel! It came in at #5,772, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 114 spots since 2024 (#1,072 → #1,186)
- 122 spots since 2020 (#1,064 → #1,186)
- 833 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #1,186)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2020 at #1,064 (188 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,487
- Highest: 1 in 8,487 boys born in 2024 were named Gadiel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,873 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,064 in 2020, was only 1 in 9,181 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 41.5% of all boys named Gadiel (1,066) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,772 (1978) | #5,914 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,785 (1985) | #5,785 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,613 (1996) | #6,156 |
| 2000s | 482 | #1,742 (2009) | #2,810 |
| 2010s | 930 | #1,193 (2019) | #1,736 |
| 2020s | 1,066 | #1,064 (2020) | #1,166 |
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.
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