Gabriel
Boy nameGabriel has been given to 402,627 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2008 and currently ranks #37 for boys (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.
Origin: Latin < Ancient Greek < Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
402,627
Peak year
2008 (13,188 babies)
Rank in 2025
#37 for boys
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -40%
Gender split
2% girls / 98% boys
Famous people named Gabriel
Gabriel
Angel in Abrahamic religions
Gabriel Lippmann
Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)
Gabriel Boric
President of Chile from 2022 to 2026
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Gabriel.
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