Gabrielle — #576 US girls' name
138,314 babies named Gabrielle in U.S. Social Security records since 1890, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Gabrielle was born in this single decade.
6,201 babies were named Gabrielle in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gabrielle
The Social Security Administration has registered 138,314 babies named Gabrielle between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gabrielle currently holds the #576 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 6,201 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gabrielle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 49,818 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Gabrielle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12,083 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gabrielle in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gabrielle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 138,314 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gabrielle at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Gabrielle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1890
- Peak year (1998)
- 6,201
- Annual births at peak — across 135 years of records
Currently ranks #576 among girls.
138,314 total births across 135 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6,201 births in a single year.
Gabrielle popularity over time — boys
785 total births recorded since 1973 (Gabrielle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gabrielle accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gabrielle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 49,818 births that decade — 36% of Gabrielle's all-time total
Gabrielle decade highlights
- Peak decade 49,818 births
- Runner-up 47,022 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Gabrielle's strongest decade
49,818 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Gabrielle by state
Where Gabrielle concentrates geographically — total births since 1890
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12,083 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 10,823 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 8,904 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 7,334 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 7,271 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 6,432 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 6,160 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5,713 | 4.1% |
12,083 of 138,314 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 8.7% of nationwide
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Gabrielle appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1890–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.