NameTides

Gabriel

Gabriel was the #37 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,569 babies), and #80 in England & Wales and #22 in Canada.

Gabriel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Gabriel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
Gabriel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#37 (6,569)#80 (666)#104 (48)#114 (20)#112 (49)#22 (744)#41 (160)#74 (100)
2024#43 (6,410)#74 (730)#127 (38)#164 (13)#112 (49)#23 (753)#32 (185)#52 (136)
2023#38 (6,786)#64 (863)#133 (36)#169 (13)#105 (55)#24 (717)#51 (150)#79 (82)
2022#36 (7,257)#70 (818)#116 (48)#147 (16)#106 (58)#24 (797)#42 (165)#76 (87)
2021#38 (7,302)#77 (749)#112 (51)#113 (25)#115 (56)#22 (926)#57 (157)#61 (110)
2020#38 (7,172)#65 (888)#130 (42)#103 (26)#125 (48)#23 (848)#59 (150)#70 (102)
2019#37 (7,768)#66 (923)#97 (61)#97 (30)#123 (53)#19 (995)#64 (142)#80 (95)
2018#35 (8,439)#61 (1,022)#97 (62)#113 (23)#106 (62)#17 (1,073)#69 (135)#90 (75)
2017#31 (9,178)#64 (967)#116 (52)#147 (18)#127 (49)#16 (1,149)#61 (157)#70 (100)
2016#25 (10,279)#67 (995)#123 (53)#134 (21)#162 (38)#12 (1,332)#76 (141)#85 (77)
2015#22 (10,913)#65 (989)#117 (56)#150 (18)#106 (67)#12 (1,392)#69 (139)#79 (78)
2014#24 (10,961)#78 (842)#122 (51)#117 (26)#161 (41)#13 (1,331)#69 (148)#90 (71)
2013#24 (11,245)#79 (818)#122 (52)#153 (17)#152 (42)#11 (1,376)#97 (107)—
2012#24 (11,580)#76 (858)#107 (63)#191 (11)#146 (48)#11 (1,552)#88 (123)#99 (71)
2011#24 (12,367)#75 (874)#119 (52)#161 (16)#132 (53)#11 (1,518)#97 (109)#84 (81)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #21.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 260 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 260common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 410common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 410common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 480common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 210common

Next year

On its recent trend, Gabriel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 270 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 260 to 1 in 290.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gabriel by state, 2025Alaska: #23AKMaine: #49MEWisconsin: #61WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #43NHWashington: #26WAIdaho: #58IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #49NDMinnesota: #57MNIllinois: #29ILMichigan: #45MINew York: #32NYMassachusetts: #36MAOregon: #48ORNevada: #25NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #36IAIndiana: #33INOhio: #59OHPennsylvania: #49PANew Jersey: #51NJConnecticut: #39CTRhode Island: #61RICalifornia: #43CAUtah: #67UTColorado: #36CONebraska: #49NEMissouri: #62MOKentucky: #46KYWest Virginia: #101WVVirginia: #38VAMaryland: #47MDDelaware: #24DEArizona: #27AZNew Mexico: #16NMKansas: #50KSArkansas: #50ARTennessee: #44TNNorth Carolina: #46NCSouth Carolina: #30SCDistrict of Columbia: #25DCOklahoma: #41OKLouisiana: #41LAMississippi: #74MSAlabama: #66ALGeorgia: #35GAHawaii: #14HITexas: #32TXFlorida: #23FL
Gabriel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#21322
Quebec2025#27229

Gabriel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GabrielCanadaGirls—too few
GabrielCanadaBoys#22744
GabrielEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GabrielEngland & WalesBoys#80666
GabrielIrelandBoys#11249
GabrielNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GabrielNorthern IrelandBoys#11420
GabrielNSWBoys#41160
GabrielScotlandBoys#10448
GabrielUSGirls#9,45710
GabrielUSBoys#376,569
GabrielVICBoys#74100