Popularity of the name Gabriel, 1880–2025
Gabriel was at its most popular in 2010, when 12,891 boys were given the name: about 1 in 150 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #21. In 2025, 6,569 boys were named Gabriel, ranking #37. In all, Social Security counts 395,778 boys named Gabriel since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 6,849 girls named Gabriel.
- Peak year
- 2010
- Rank in 2010
- #21
- Babies in 2010
- 12,891
- Rank in 2025
- #37
- Total since 1880
- 395,778
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has slipped from #22 in 2015 to #37 in 2025, with 10,913 boys named Gabriel in 2015 and 6,569 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Gabriel ranked highest in the 2010s, at #24, with 105,621 boys given the name that decade. It ranked #482 in the 1880s and #39 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 15 in 1880 (#465), 19 in 1900 (#555), 201 in 1920 (#418), 193 in 1940 (#418), 427 in 1960 (#382), 3,493 in 1980 (#85), 8,681 in 2000 (#44) and 7,172 in 2020 (#38).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 13,041, in 2008. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 2008 than for 2010, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank, #21, came in its peak year.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Gabriel, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
| 1881 | 17 | #416 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1892 | 10 | #688 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1894 | 22 | #399 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1901 | 21 | #407 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1905 | 29 | #393 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1909 | 39 | #388 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 |
| 1911 | 47 | #420 |
| 1912 | 84 | #427 |
| 1913 | 114 | #404 |
| 1914 | 131 | #417 |
| 1915 | 173 | #408 |
| 1916 | 174 | #427 |
| 1917 | 190 | #410 |
| 1918 | 190 | #422 |
| 1919 | 191 | #425 |
| 1920 | 201 | #418 |
| 1921 | 219 | #410 |
| 1922 | 194 | #433 |
| 1923 | 209 | #415 |
| 1924 | 235 | #395 |
| 1925 | 202 | #423 |
| 1926 | 202 | #426 |
| 1927 | 247 | #373 |
| 1928 | 255 | #365 |
| 1929 | 237 | #374 |
| 1930 | 220 | #384 |
| 1931 | 209 | #388 |
| 1932 | 184 | #413 |
| 1933 | 188 | #394 |
| 1934 | 163 | #443 |
| 1935 | 178 | #414 |
| 1936 | 202 | #385 |
| 1937 | 172 | #430 |
| 1938 | 170 | #440 |
| 1939 | 153 | #466 |
| 1940 | 193 | #418 |
| 1941 | 206 | #410 |
| 1942 | 194 | #444 |
| 1943 | 199 | #449 |
| 1944 | 194 | #439 |
| 1945 | 163 | #465 |
| 1946 | 173 | #487 |
| 1947 | 236 | #437 |
| 1948 | 216 | #452 |
| 1949 | 265 | #419 |
| 1950 | 258 | #418 |
| 1951 | 246 | #432 |
| 1952 | 262 | #432 |
| 1953 | 275 | #420 |
| 1954 | 291 | #420 |
| 1955 | 332 | #398 |
| 1956 | 345 | #410 |
| 1957 | 384 | #394 |
| 1958 | 362 | #411 |
| 1959 | 449 | #372 |
| 1960 | 427 | #382 |
| 1961 | 551 | #334 |
| 1962 | 573 | #328 |
| 1963 | 581 | #328 |
| 1964 | 617 | #311 |
| 1965 | 620 | #301 |
| 1966 | 547 | #317 |
| 1967 | 644 | #285 |
| 1968 | 735 | #270 |
| 1969 | 864 | #247 |
| 1970 | 1,244 | #205 |
| 1971 | 1,573 | #173 |
| 1972 | 1,920 | #139 |
| 1973 | 1,980 | #130 |
| 1974 | 2,232 | #117 |
| 1975 | 2,431 | #106 |
| 1976 | 3,303 | #81 |
| 1977 | 3,346 | #87 |
| 1978 | 3,126 | #90 |
| 1979 | 3,235 | #90 |
| 1980 | 3,493 | #85 |
| 1981 | 3,373 | #87 |
| 1982 | 3,363 | #88 |
| 1983 | 3,269 | #89 |
| 1984 | 3,325 | #87 |
| 1985 | 3,215 | #92 |
| 1986 | 3,046 | #95 |
| 1987 | 3,079 | #98 |
| 1988 | 3,119 | #102 |
| 1989 | 3,038 | #110 |
| 1990 | 3,699 | #100 |
| 1991 | 4,414 | #82 |
| 1992 | 4,336 | #86 |
| 1993 | 4,375 | #86 |
| 1994 | 5,539 | #68 |
| 1995 | 5,713 | #65 |
| 1996 | 5,900 | #61 |
| 1997 | 6,406 | #57 |
| 1998 | 7,068 | #54 |
| 1999 | 7,369 | #53 |
| 2000 | 8,681 | #44 |
| 2001 | 10,917 | #38 |
| 2002 | 12,059 | #32 |
| 2003 | 12,522 | #29 |
| 2004 | 11,563 | #32 |
| 2005 | 12,759 | #28 |
| 2006 | 12,543 | #28 |
| 2007 | 12,911 | #28 |
| 2008 | 13,041 | #24 |
| 2009 | 12,834 | #22 |
| 2010 | 12,891 | #21 |
| 2011 | 12,367 | #24 |
| 2012 | 11,580 | #24 |
| 2013 | 11,245 | #24 |
| 2014 | 10,961 | #24 |
| 2015 | 10,913 | #22 |
| 2016 | 10,279 | #25 |
| 2017 | 9,178 | #31 |
| 2018 | 8,439 | #35 |
| 2019 | 7,768 | #37 |
| 2020 | 7,172 | #38 |
| 2021 | 7,302 | #38 |
| 2022 | 7,257 | #36 |
| 2023 | 6,786 | #38 |
| 2024 | 6,410 | #43 |
| 2025 | 6,569 | #37 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.