Gabi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAB-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Gabi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Gabi mean?
Hebrew: short form of Gabriel or Gabriela
“God is my strength”
A short form of Gabriel and Gabriela, after the archangel Gabriel.
Is Gabi a girl's or a boy's name?
Gabi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gabi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 girls.
Gabi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Gabi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Gabi, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Gabi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were given Gabi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Gabi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Gabi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Mali Mia Ellie Raya Isla Anya Lily Maisie Gia Saanvi Freya
Other spellings of Gabi
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gabi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gabi, updated 20 October 2026.