Unisex name · since 1973
Gabreal
Gabreal has 149 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,788 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 149
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
149 boys have been named Gabreal since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gabreal has 149 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2011.
- #14,788 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 149 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gabreal ranks #14,788 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 149 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,788 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 149
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gabreal's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gabreal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gabreal's full recorded timeline at 2003, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gabreal popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2011
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Gabreal popularity over time - girls
41 total births recorded since 1989 (Gabreal as girls' name)
Gabreal by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (95 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Gabreal's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Gabreal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gabreal's data
- Gabreal's decade-level peak was the 2000s (95 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gabreal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gabreal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.