first name
GABRIEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 347,542 people named Gabriel, 49.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 37.2% as White and 6.1% as Black. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gabriel peaked in 2008, when 13,188 babies got the name.
At least 402,627 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gabriel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #32. The largest share of babies named Gabriel, 44.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gabriel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gabriel has been most common in New Mexico (2.6×), Arizona (2.6×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in West Virginia (0.47×).
396,675 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Gabriel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gabriel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gabriel ranks #1,302 of 156,621, with 26,489 people. See Gabriel as a last name
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