How rare is the name Gabriela?

112,854 people in the United States have the first name Gabriela, about 1 in 2,676. It ranks #500 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GABRIELA

#500

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
112,854
About
1 in 2,676
This common or more
58.5%
Who bears it

Of the 112,854 people named Gabriela, 86.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 11.1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gabriela peaked in 2003, when 3,369 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
3,369
In 2025*
961 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 86,553 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.

Gabriela by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #258. The largest share of babies named Gabriela, 48.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,75917
1910s#5,78751
1920s#5,48196
1930s#7,12540
1940s#6,22465
1950s#3,507251
1960s#1,6651,160
1970s#8584,125
1980s#5917,937
1990s#27724,251
2000s#25828,609
2010s#49414,034
2020s#6725,917
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–806.4%
Millennials 1981–9627.3%
Generation Z 1997–1248.6%
2013 and later16.6%

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 Gabriela is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gabriela has been most common in California (3×), Nevada (2.8×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.07×).

84,251 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 Gabriela

#498 Naomi · 113,178#499 Karla · 113,141#501 Rosemary · 112,645#502 Deanna · 112,509

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gabriela, most common first.

#144 Gabriel · 347,542#476 Gabrielle · 118,795#514 Gabriella · 109,553#3,263 Gabriele · 6,535#6,350 Gabrial · 2,538#9,050 Gavriel · 1,566#10,021 Gabriell · 1,352#14,716 Gaberiel · 796

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