# Gabriel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gabriel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “[strong] man”, “strength”, “manliness”, “me”, “my”, “-'s”, “god” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Gabe, Gab |
| Variant spellings | Gabby, Gabriela |
| US babies named this | 402,627 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 395,778 / 6,849 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21,297, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Gabriel, from Koine Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl), from גֶּבֶר (géḇer, “[strong] man”) or the triliteral root ג־ב־ר (g-b-r, “strength, manliness”), ־י (-i, “me, my, -'s”), and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, god”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.

## What it means

Gabriel is grouped under god and strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 2,225 |
| 2012 | 70 | 2,572 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,093 |
| 2014 | 61 | 2,821 |
| 2015 | 53 | 3,150 |
| 2016 | 49 | 3,298 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,968 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,391 |
| 2019 | 43 | 3,573 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,538 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,024 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,088 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,204 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,504 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,671 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 874 | 75 |
| 2012 | 858 | 76 |
| 2013 | 818 | 79 |
| 2014 | 842 | 78 |
| 2015 | 989 | 65 |
| 2016 | 995 | 67 |
| 2017 | 967 | 64 |
| 2018 | 1,022 | 61 |
| 2019 | 923 | 66 |
| 2020 | 888 | 65 |
| 2021 | 749 | 77 |
| 2022 | 818 | 70 |
| 2023 | 863 | 64 |
| 2024 | 730 | 74 |
| 2025 | 666 | 80 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جِبْرِيل, جِبْرَائِيل
- Armenian: Գաբրիել
- Chinese: 加布里埃爾 /加布里埃尔, 蓋布列 /盖布列
- Czech: Gabriel
- Danish: Gabriel
- Esperanto: Gabrielo
- Finnish: Kaapo
- French: Gabriel
- German: Gabriel
- Greek: Γαβριήλ
- Hebrew: גַּבְרִיאֵל
- Hindi: गेब्रियल
- Hungarian: Gábor
- Italian: Gabriele, Gabriello
- Japanese: ガブリエル
- Korean: 가브리엘
- Latin: Gabriel, Gabrihel
- Norwegian: Gabriel
- Polish: Gabriel
- Portuguese: Gabriel

## People named Gabriel

- Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
- Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French writer, orator and statesman (1749-1791)
- Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine association football player
- Gabriel Fauré, French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)
- Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-19
- Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian association football player
- Gabriel Martinelli, Brazilian footballer (born 2001)
- Gabriel Heinze, Argentine association football player
- Gabriel Milito, Argentine association football player
- Gabriel Macht, American actor (born 1972)
- Gabriel Magalhães, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.