girls' name ★ peaked 2003

Gabriela

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #317 Trend → Stable

A female given name from Hebrew, a latinate feminine form of Gabriel.

Rank 2025
#317
among girls · ↓19 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
961
named Gabriela · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,672
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2003
3,369 babies
All-time total
86,553
#413 all-time among girls
First recorded
1903
in Social Security records

Gabriela popularity over time

86,553 babies have been named Gabriela since 1903, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s 17 – 17 2 – #1,850
1910s 51 – 51 5 +200% #2,328
1920s 96 – 96 10 +88% #2,421
1930s 40 – 40 4 -58% #2,846
1940s 65 – 65 7 +63% #3,213
1950s 251 – 251 25 +286% #1,399
1960s 1,160 – 1,160 116 +362% #657
1970s 4,097 28 4,125 413 +256% #335
1980s 7,826 111 7,937 794 +92% #223
1990s 24,085 166 24,251 2,425 +206% #115
2000s 28,543 66 28,609 2,861 +18% #102
2010s 14,034 – 14,034 1,403 -51% #148
2020s (to 2025) 5,917 – 5,917 986 -30% #296

Where Gabriela is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 972 0.60 #313
2027 982 0.61 #308
2028 990 0.62 #307
2029 997 0.62 #306
2030 1,003 0.62 #306

Where Gabriela is most popular

Girls named Gabriela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.611 per 1,000. Strongest in Florida, Nevada, and Maryland.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Gabriela born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Florida 603 1.41 +131%
Nevada 61 1.31 +115%
Maryland 123 1.16 +90%
Connecticut 65 1.12 +83%
District of Columbia 13 1.10 +80%
Massachusetts 128 1.06 +73%
New Jersey 180 0.997 +63%
Illinois 219 0.957 +57%
Arizona 131 0.934 +53%
Texas 731 0.909 +49%
New Mexico 22 0.905 +48%
California 752 0.895 +46%
Virginia 145 0.851 +39%
North Carolina 187 0.821 +34%
Oregon 51 0.783 +28%
New York 306 0.773 +26%
Georgia 146 0.643 +5%
Washington 83 0.575 -6%
Arkansas 30 0.568 -7%
South Carolina 51 0.567 -7%
Oklahoma 41 0.557 -9%
Colorado 62 0.555 -9%
Iowa 32 0.548 -10%
Delaware 6 0.529 -13%
Kansas 29 0.503 -18%
Nebraska 17 0.473 -23%
Indiana 63 0.449 -27%
Alabama 42 0.447 -27%
Utah 34 0.409 -33%
Tennessee 64 0.404 -34%
Rhode Island 5 0.399 -35%
Minnesota 41 0.380 -38%
Kentucky 32 0.374 -39%
Pennsylvania 86 0.364 -40%
Louisiana 31 0.354 -42%
Wisconsin 36 0.350 -43%
Missouri 40 0.332 -46%
Ohio 74 0.312 -49%
Michigan 55 0.302 -51%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Gabriela

Gabriela is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #317 in 2025 with 961 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1903, 86,553 American babies have been named Gabriela. Its peak came in 2003, when 3,369 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Gabriela stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Gabriela?

The median living Gabriela is about 23 years old; half are between 16 and 32. An estimated 85 thousand people named Gabriela are alive in the United States today.

median 23 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Gabriela year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 961 #317 – –
2024 1,063 #298 – –
2023 1,050 #296 – –
2022 955 #339 – –
2021 927 #344 – –
2020 961 #322 – –
2019 954 #336 – –
2018 1,003 #325 – –
2017 1,159 #281 – –
2016 1,249 #253 – –
2015 1,260 #256 – –
2014 1,414 #232 – –
2013 1,450 #221 – –
2012 1,551 #200 – –
2011 1,912 #165 – –
2010 2,082 #148 – –
2009 2,296 #139 – –
2008 2,616 #131 – –
2007 2,860 #118 12 #6,782
2006 3,023 #109 11 #7,088
2005 2,867 #115 7 #9,444
2004 3,024 #110 8 #8,391
2003 3,362 #102 7 #8,975
2002 2,914 #116 8 #7,891
2001 2,736 #125 5 #11,131
2000 2,845 #117 8 #7,688
1995 2,576 #123 9 #6,080
1990 1,605 #181 21 #2,998
1985 711 #333 8 #4,846
1980 608 #378 – –
1975 413 #457 7 #4,487
1970 247 #656 – –
1965 128 #885 – –
1960 47 #1,645 – –
1955 30 #1,954 – –
1950 5 #5,572 – –
1945 8 #3,483 – –
1940 8 #3,316 – –
1935 – – – –
1930 6 #4,232 – –
1925 8 #3,814 – –
1920 10 #3,192 – –
1915 12 #2,449 – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Gabriela

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Argentine tennis player (born 1970) Contemporary
  2. 2 Gabriela Dabrowski Gabriela Dabrowski Canadian tennis player (born 1992) Contemporary
  3. 3 Gabriela Spanic Gabriela Spanic Venezuelan actress and singer b. 1973 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957) 19th century
  5. 5 Gabriela von Habsburg Gabriela von Habsburg Austrian Archduchess (born 1956) Contemporary
  6. 6 Gabriela Gunčíková Gabriela Gunčíková Czech singer b. 1993 · Contemporary
  7. 7 Gabriela Isler Gabriela Isler Venezuelan beauty pageant titleholder b. 1988 · Contemporary
  8. 8 Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Romanian runner b. 1975 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Gabriela Montero Gabriela Montero Venezuelan classical pianist (born 1970) Contemporary
  10. 10 Gabriela Andersen-Schiess Swiss long-distance runner b. 1945 · Contemporary
  11. 11 Gabriela Michetti Gabriela Michetti Vice President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019 b. 1965 · Contemporary
  12. 12 Gabriela Duarte Gabriela Duarte Brazilian actress b. 1974 · Contemporary
  13. 13 Gabriela Zapolska Gabriela Zapolska Polish writer (1857-1921) 19th century
  14. 14 Gabriela Adameșteanu Gabriela Adameșteanu Romanian writer, journalist and translator (born 1942) Contemporary
  15. 15 Gabriela Koukalová Gabriela Koukalová Czech biathlete (born 1989) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Gabriela, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Gabriela?

The median living Gabriela is about 23 years old. Half of all living Gabrielas are between 16 and 32 years old.

How many people named Gabriela are alive today?

An estimated 85 thousand people named Gabriela are alive in the United States, based on 86,553 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Gabriela mean?

A female given name from Hebrew, a latinate feminine form of Gabriel.

How popular is the name Gabriela in 2025?

Gabriela ranked #317 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 961 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Gabriela?

86,553 babies have been named Gabriela in the United States since 1903, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Gabriela most popular?

Gabriela peaked in 2003, when 3,369 newborns received the name.

Is Gabriela a boy or girl name?

Gabriela is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Gabriela rising or falling?

Gabriela is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Gabriela become more popular?

Gabriela looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,003 girls named Gabriela in 2030, ranking around #306. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Gabriela?

Well-known people named Gabriela include Gabriela Sabatini (tennis player), Gabriela Dabrowski (tennis player), Gabriela Spanic (actor).

Names like Gabriela

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