Gabriela

Gabriela was the #317 girls' name in the US in 2025 (961 babies), and #490 in England & Wales and #466 in Canada.

Gabriela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Gabriela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Gabriela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#317 (961)#490 (81)#429 (7)—#443 (8)#466 (66)
2024#298 (1,063)#418 (102)#384 (8)—#197 (22)#576 (51)
2023#296 (1,050)#425 (96)#395 (8)—#495 (7)#448 (65)
2022#339 (955)#355 (121)#358 (9)#354 (4)#317 (13)#428 (70)
2021#344 (927)#360 (130)#339 (10)#446 (3)#228 (20)#477 (63)
2020#322 (961)#288 (162)#370 (9)#246 (6)#197 (23)#401 (77)
2019#336 (954)#260 (185)#322 (11)#243 (7)#180 (28)#541 (58)
2018#325 (1,003)#265 (186)#376 (9)#208 (9)#200 (25)#442 (73)
2017#281 (1,159)#277 (177)#289 (13)#355 (4)#272 (17)#519 (61)
2016#253 (1,249)#246 (205)#311 (12)#211 (9)#204 (24)#410 (83)
2015#256 (1,260)#263 (187)#281 (14)#248 (7)#172 (33)#375 (91)
2014#232 (1,414)#285 (167)#306 (13)#314 (5)#174 (31)#362 (93)
2013#221 (1,450)#265 (179)#413 (8)#284 (6)#181 (32)#318 (103)
2012#200 (1,551)#251 (201)#278 (16)#330 (5)#157 (37)#324 (98)
2011#165 (1,912)#247 (204)#300 (13)#246 (7)#119 (54)#319 (104)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #102.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1903.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gabriela is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gabriela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #334NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #141NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: #286NJConnecticut: #280CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #234CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #428CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #325VAMaryland: #327MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #233AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #391ALGeorgia: #418GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #226TXFlorida: #133FL
Gabriela (girls) 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
Quebec2025#38513
Ontario2024#61620

Gabriela (girls): 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
GabrielaCanadaGirls#46666
GabrielaEngland & WalesGirls#49081
GabrielaIrelandGirls#4438
GabrielaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GabrielaScotlandGirls#4297
GabrielaUSGirls#317961
GabrielaUSBoys—too few