How Many People Are Named Gabriel?
people named Gabriel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 888 people in the US has this name
Based on 402,627 babies named Gabriel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
13,188 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of GABRIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gabriel, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gabriel alive today is about 22 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gabriel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2008, to 13,188 babies. In 2025, 6,579 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gabriel never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #21, in 2010, and it was in the top 100 in 48 years between 1976 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #37.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #37 |
| Best rank | #21 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | 48 (1976 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #30 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gabriel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gabriel were born in California than in any other state: about 64,139 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gabriel was given 2.5 times as often in New Mexico, 1.6 times in Alaska and 1.6 times in Arizona.
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