# Gabriele (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gabriele/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,968 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 890 / 2,078 (70% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 813, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Gabriele.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 41 | 3,768 |
| 2011 | 25 | 5,429 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,641 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,560 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,540 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,822 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,632 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,990 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,984 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,576 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,069 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,693 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,097 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,688 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,926 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,559 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,470 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,303 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,133 |
| 2016 | 20 | 4,839 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,889 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,473 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,823 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5,324 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,864 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,595 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6,027 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4,939 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,592 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 43 | 874 |
| 2013 | 39 | 944 |
| 2014 | 38 | 963 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,314 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Gabriele

- Gabriele Münter, German painter (1877–1962)
- Gabriele Reinsch, German discus thrower
- Gabriele Possanner, Austrian physician (1860–1940)
- Gabriele Seyfert, German figure skater
- Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Catholic archbishop
- Gabriele Hinzmann, East German discus thrower
- Gabriele Löwe, East German sprinter
- Gabriele Kühn, East German rower
- Gabriele C. Hegerl, German climatologist (born 1962)
- Gabriele Wohmann, German novelist, and short story writer (1932-2015)
- Gabriele Magni, fencer
- Gabriele Fähnrich, East German gymnast

## 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.