Boys' name · since 1919
Grabiel
Grabiel has 651 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,734 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 651
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Grabiel is the #10815 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 651 recorded since 1919.
Grabiel has 651 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10815 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of boys, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #6,734 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,815 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 651 born since 1919
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grabiel ranks #6,734 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,815 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 651 born since 1919, peaking in the 1970s.
- #6,734 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 651
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Grabiel's 651 recorded births place it above 85.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Grabiel compares
651 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Grabiel's all-time total is 76% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grabiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 651 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Grabiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grabiel's full recorded timeline at 1985, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1935, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grabiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Grabiel by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (132 births, 20% of the file).
1970s was Grabiel's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Grabiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 14
1920s
14 births
- 1930s 19
1930s
19 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 44
1960s
44 births
- 1970s
1970s
132 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 132 births (20% of all-time use).
How Grabiel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Grabiel's total volume
Grabiel by state
Where Grabiel concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 112 | 17.2% |
| #2 | California | | 37 | 5.7% |
112 of 651 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Grabiel's data
- Grabiel's decade-level peak was the 1970s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Grabiels (112 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Grabiel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Grabiel 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.