Gavriel — #1766 US boys' name
1,935 babies named Gavriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Gavriel was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Gavriel in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gavriel
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,935 babies named Gavriel between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gavriel currently holds the #1766 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 93 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gavriel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 723 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gavriel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 614 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gavriel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gavriel 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 1,935 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.
Gavriel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gavriel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2023)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #1766 among boys.
1,935 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 93 births in a single year.
Gavriel popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Gavriel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Gavriel accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gavriel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 723 births that decade — 37% of Gavriel's all-time total
Gavriel decade highlights
- Peak decade 723 births
- Runner-up 456 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gavriel's strongest decade
723 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Gavriel by state
Where Gavriel concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 614 | 31.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 221 | 11.4% |
| #3 | California | | 72 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 64 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 21 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.6% |
614 of 1,935 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 31.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 11.4% of nationwide
- California 3.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.3% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 31.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1974–2024 (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.