Gabrielle
Gabrielle was given to 459 girls in 2025, #633 among girls’ names; 139,579 Americans have been recorded with it since 1890 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 136,000 Americans named Gabrielle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (97% of everyone recorded); the median is 26 years old and half are between 19 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gabrielle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Gabrielle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Gabrielle is “a female given name from French.”
Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel.
/ɡæbɹiːˈɛl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Gabrielle?
#633 among girls’ names, 2025
Gabrielle fell from #205 in 2015 to #633 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.90 to 0.29 per 1,000.
6,221 babies in 1998, the peak
Gabrielle peaked in 1998, when 6,221 babies were given it (6,201 girls, #47 among girls’ names). The 471 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 459 | #633 | 0.29 |
| 2024 | 526 | #576 | 0.32 |
| 2023 | 548 | #552 | 0.34 |
| 2022 | 639 | #493 | 0.39 |
| 2021 | 704 | #443 | 0.43 |
| 2020 | 866 | #358 | 0.54 |
| 2019 | 918 | #343 | 0.55 |
| 2018 | 1,092 | #306 | 0.64 |
| 2017 | 1,219 | #261 | 0.71 |
| 2016 | 1,424 | #225 | 0.80 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,602 | #205 | 0.90 |
| 2014 | 1,923 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 2,217 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 2,423 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 2,624 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 3,144 | #94 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,421 | #96 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | 4,027 | #79 | 2.1 |
| 2007 | 4,544 | #68 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 4,846 | #63 | 2.5 |
| 2005 | 5,018 | #55 | 2.7 |
| 2004 | 4,420 | #73 | 2.4 |
| 2003 | 4,600 | #66 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 4,669 | #66 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 5,606 | #50 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | 5,872 | #49 | 3.2 |
| 1999 | 6,130 | #46 | 3.5 |
| 1998 | 6,201 | #47 | 3.5 |
| 1997 | 5,943 | #51 | 3.4 |
| 1996 | 5,888 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1995 | 5,448 | #61 | 3.1 |
| 1994 | 5,044 | #67 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 4,017 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1992 | 4,028 | #84 | 2.2 |
| 1991 | 3,578 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 1990 | 3,541 | #99 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 2,719 | #112 | 1.5 |
| 1988 | 2,097 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 1,604 | #174 | 0.92 |
| 1986 | 965 | #266 | 0.56 |
| 1985 | 896 | #279 | 0.52 |
| 1984 | 810 | #295 | 0.48 |
| 1983 | 627 | #361 | 0.38 |
| 1982 | 640 | #361 | 0.38 |
| 1981 | 588 | #385 | 0.35 |
| 1980 | 567 | #404 | 0.34 |
| 1979 | 477 | #433 | 0.30 |
| 1978 | 419 | #471 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 284 | #601 | 0.19 |
| 1976 | 367 | #493 | 0.25 |
| 1975 | 370 | #492 | 0.25 |
| 1974 | 330 | #514 | 0.22 |
| 1973 | 335 | #510 | 0.23 |
| 1972 | 356 | #497 | 0.23 |
| 1971 | 443 | #461 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 393 | #504 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 311 | #561 | 0.18 |
| 1968 | 259 | #598 | 0.16 |
| 1967 | 213 | #656 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 194 | #704 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 221 | #665 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 228 | #676 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 216 | #687 | 0.11 |
| 1962 | 220 | #694 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 187 | #764 | 0.09 |
| 1960 | 192 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 140 | #873 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 117 | #954 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 136 | #872 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,068 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 93 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,622 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,897 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,402 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,742 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,492 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 47 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,255 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,605 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,550 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,903 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,032 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,929 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,706 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,629 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,376 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,634 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,555 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,237 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,638 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,388 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,155 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,169 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,071 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,208 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,205 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,459 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,738 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,474 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,549 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,905 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,891 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,488 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,670 | 0.02 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Gabrielle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gabrielle has been given almost only to girls: 797 boys in 130 years of records.
Girls and boys named Gabrielle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gabrielle, and how old are they?
136,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 97% of the 139,579 Americans ever recorded as Gabrielle. The median Gabrielle alive today is 26 years old; half are between 19 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 118,795 people named Gabrielle (117,709 women and girls, 1,086 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 133,152 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 161 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,620 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,190 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 41,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 73,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14,200 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gabrielle born?
The states with the most babies named Gabrielle are Texas, California and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 45 | #676 | 0.7× |
| California | 39 | #778 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 37 | #493 | 1.1× |
| New York | 26 | #640 | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 22 | #515 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #496 | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 20 | #548 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 19 | #528 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 18 | #573 | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 15 | #403 | 1.0× |
Where Gabrielle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gabrielle is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gabrielle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 368,654 babies since 1880, Gabrielle is the most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 471 of their 4,014 babies (12%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gabrielle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gabrielle and names like it
- Compare Gabrielle and GabriellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sGabrielle peaked in 1998.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gabrielle since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Gabrielle: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1998The year the most babies were named Gabrielle.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Gabrielle alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with GMost given first.