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Gabriel

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

traditionally "God is my strength," from Hebrew Gavriel

Goes by Gabe. See all nicknames

Famously borne by Gabriel Medina, the three-time surfing world champion.

The story

Gabriel is a familiar name across Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions. Hebrew Gavriel combines “God” with an element for a strong man or hero and is traditionally rendered “God is my strength.” In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel interprets visions about earthly kingdoms. One vision is set at Susa in Elam during the reign of the Babylonian king Belshazzar.

Luke gives Gabriel a different kind of announcement. He tells Zechariah of the coming birth of John and, at Nazareth, tells Mary of the coming birth of Jesus. Mary is troubled by his greeting, and he reassures her before giving the news. This encounter became the subject known in Christian art as the Annunciation, the announcement to Mary. Fra Filippo Lippi’s painting in London’s National Gallery places Gabriel and Mary in a richly furnished Florentine domestic setting linked to the Medici family.

Islamic tradition knows him as Jibril. The Quran credits him with bringing God’s revelation to Muhammad’s heart.

English, French, Spanish and Portuguese all use the spelling Gabriel, with different pronunciations. Jibril is a related Arabic form, and Gabe is a familiar English short form.

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Gabriel's name family

One shared root links 4 names across 4 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Gavriel, traditionally "God is my strength"; Gabriel is the angel who announces Jesus’s birth to Mary in Luke’s Gospel

The family

GabrielEnglish

More branches

GabrielleFrench · feminine formGabriellaItalian · feminine formGabrielaSpanish · feminine form

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How popular is Gabriel around the world?

In the United States, 41,600 babies were named Gabriel between 2020 and 2025. In Poland, 2,035 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 19th most common name among boys that year.

Gabriel is on the official records of the United States, Poland, France, Brazil, Norway, Chile, Mexico City, Argentina, Austria, Puerto Rico, Montevideo, Canada, Spain, South Australia, England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, New South Wales and New Zealand.

Gabriel crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record, of a Spanish-speaking one and of Brazil’s 2022 census, which counts people of every age. The full lists: English and Spanish · English and Portuguese · Spanish and Portuguese

United States

1 in 520

In the United States, 41,600 babies were named Gabriel between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gabriel peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Gabriel went to 10,966 US babies in 2015 and 6,579 in 2025, 60% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Poland

1 in 120

In Poland, 2,035 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 19th most common name among boys that year.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Gabriel, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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France

1 in 140

In France, about 4,625 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 1st most common name among boys that year.

1900peak 2016

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Gabriel, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Brazil

1 in 170

At the 2022 census, 1,211,227 people in Brazil were named Gabriel, the 12th most common name, with a median age of 17.
Among people named Gabriel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 94,837 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Norway

1 in 180 · register 2026

In Norway, 155 boys were given the name Gabriel in 2025.

1945peak 2018

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Chile

1 in 190

In Chile, 947 boys were registered as Gabriel in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

1920peak 2005

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Mexico City City

1 in 200

In Mexico City, there were 577 registrations of Gabriel in 2022.

peak 20052022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (19 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 210

In Argentina, 3,137 newborns were given the name Gabriel in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

1 in 280

In Austria, 276 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 28th most common name among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 20092025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Puerto Rico

1 in 440

In Puerto Rico, 41 babies were named Gabriel in 2025, and 5,830 have carried the name since 1998.

peak 20032025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Montevideo City

1 in 470 · 2011

In Montevideo, 52 boys named Gabriel were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 19662011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Canada

1 in 490

In Canada, 749 boys named Gabriel were born in 2024, the 23rd most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20012024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Spain

1 in 600

In Spain, 74,511 residents are named Gabriel, the 60th most common name among men, with a mean age of 37.1 years.
In Spain, Gabriel was the 30th most common name among boys born in 2024.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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South Australia

1 in 630 · 2017

In South Australia, 29 boys were registered as Gabriel in 2017.

1944peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 880

In England and Wales, 666 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 80th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

1 in 1,100

In Ireland, 49 boys named Gabriel were born in 2025, the 112th most common name among boys that year.

1964peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Scotland

1 in 1,200

In Scotland, 38 boys named Gabriel were registered in 2024, the 127th most common name among boys that year.

1974peak 2019

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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New South Wales

#41 · 2025

In New South Wales, 160 boys named Gabriel were registered in 2025, ranked 41st in that year’s top 100 for boys.

2000peak 2024

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

1 in 1,300

In New Zealand, 44 boys named Gabriel were registered in 2025.

1970peak 2017

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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When you meet Gabriel

Most people given the name Gabriel in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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Where Gabriel travels

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Global crossover · The most common name given to boys born in France in 2025.

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