# Gabriella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gabriella/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɡæbɹiˈɛlə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 137,704 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 68 / 137,636 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,176, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian Gabriella. By surface analysis, Gabriel + -a.

## 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 | 6,106 | 34 |
| 2012 | 5,512 | 37 |
| 2013 | 5,217 | 38 |
| 2014 | 5,109 | 42 |
| 2015 | 4,631 | 54 |
| 2016 | 4,263 | 61 |
| 2017 | 3,905 | 65 |
| 2018 | 3,710 | 69 |
| 2019 | 3,494 | 75 |
| 2020 | 3,250 | 77 |
| 2021 | 3,116 | 83 |
| 2022 | 2,882 | 89 |
| 2023 | 2,795 | 89 |
| 2024 | 2,504 | 106 |
| 2025 | 2,545 | 105 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 10 | 4,939 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,479 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,771 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,079 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8,755 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,249 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,976 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,203 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,897 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,015 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 518 | 111 |
| 2012 | 484 | 120 |
| 2013 | 472 | 118 |
| 2014 | 435 | 128 |
| 2015 | 417 | 136 |
| 2016 | 406 | 139 |
| 2017 | 371 | 146 |
| 2018 | 385 | 137 |
| 2019 | 366 | 137 |
| 2020 | 340 | 149 |
| 2021 | 354 | 142 |
| 2022 | 318 | 153 |
| 2023 | 334 | 148 |
| 2024 | 292 | 170 |
| 2025 | 274 | 181 |

## People named Gabriella

- Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer
- Gabriella Wilde, British actress
- Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco
- Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
- Gabriella Willems, Belgian judoka
- Gabriella Paruzzi, cross-country skier
- Gabriella Giorgelli, actress
- Gabriella Brum, German beauty pageant contestant
- Gabriella Hall, American actress (born 1966)
- Gabriella Wright, English actress
- Gabriella Taylor, British female tennis player
- Gabriella Palm, Australian water polo player

## 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.