# Gabrielle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gabrielle/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡæbɹiːˈɛl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 139,579 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 797 / 138,782 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,220, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more).

## 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 | 2,624 | 119 |
| 2012 | 2,423 | 129 |
| 2013 | 2,217 | 141 |
| 2014 | 1,923 | 173 |
| 2015 | 1,602 | 205 |
| 2016 | 1,424 | 225 |
| 2017 | 1,219 | 261 |
| 2018 | 1,092 | 306 |
| 2019 | 918 | 343 |
| 2020 | 866 | 358 |
| 2021 | 704 | 443 |
| 2022 | 639 | 493 |
| 2023 | 548 | 552 |
| 2024 | 526 | 576 |
| 2025 | 459 | 633 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 5,831 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5,050 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,324 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,194 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,985 |
| 2015 | 16 | 5,584 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,859 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,121 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,417 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,286 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,075 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,978 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,927 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,927 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 180 | 272 |
| 2012 | 170 | 285 |
| 2013 | 180 | 264 |
| 2014 | 127 | 356 |
| 2015 | 118 | 388 |
| 2016 | 111 | 405 |
| 2017 | 106 | 413 |
| 2018 | 104 | 419 |
| 2019 | 79 | 513 |
| 2020 | 84 | 478 |
| 2021 | 66 | 588 |
| 2022 | 71 | 550 |
| 2023 | 69 | 558 |
| 2024 | 56 | 676 |
| 2025 | 66 | 590 |

## People named Gabrielle

- Gabrielle Union, American actress, singer and model
- Gabrielle Anwar, British actress
- Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian fiction writer
- Gabrielle d'Estrées, French noble and mistress to Henry IV of France (1573-1599)
- Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
- Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, French author
- Gabrielle Aplin, British singer-songwriter
- Gabrielle Daleman, Canadian figure skater
- Gabrielle Carle, Canadian soccer player
- Gabrielle Rose, Canadian actress
- Gabrielle Onguene, Cameroonian footballer
- Gabrielle Réjane, French actress (1856–1920)

## 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.