Gabriel
Boy · GAY-bree-el · Hebrew
Gabriel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 81st for boys in the UK (734 babies) and 37th for boys in the US (6,569 babies).
What does Gabriel mean?
Hebrew
“God is my strength”
The archangel who announces the birth of Jesus to Mary in Luke's Gospel; also honoured in Islam as Jibril.
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Is Gabriel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gabriel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 734 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 6,569 boys in the US.
How popular is Gabriel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #81among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 734about 1 in 410 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 734 boys in the UK were named Gabriel, making it the 81st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 68th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 1,107 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Gabriel than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Gabriel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 80th in England and Wales, 104th in Scotland and 114th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#98), 2014 (#78) and 2024 (#74).
Gabriel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 734 | #81 |
| 2024 | 781 | #76 |
| 2023 | 912 | #66 |
| 2022 | 882 | #73 |
| 2021 | 825 | #78 |
| 2020 | 956 | #68 |
| 2019 | 1,014 | #66 |
| 2018 | 1,107 | #63 |
| 2017 | 1,037 | #68 |
| 2016 | 1,069 | #69 |
| 2015 | 1,063 | #71 |
| 2014 | 919 | #83 |
| 2013 | 887 | #80 |
| 2012 | 932 | #83 |
| 2011 | 942 | #77 |
| 2010 | 937 | #79 |
| 2009 | 964 | #78 |
| 2008 | 967 | #83 |
| 2007 | 810 | #97 |
| 2006 | 703 | #104 |
| 2005 | 669 | #102 |
| 2004 | 596 | #108 |
| 2003 | 523 | #113 |
| 2002 | 523 | #108 |
| 2001 | 422 | #124 |
| 2000 | 400 | #126 |
| 1999 | 421 | #126 |
| 1998 | 377 | #132 |
| 1997 | 275 | #154 |
| 1996 | 197 | #186 |
How popular is Gabriel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #37among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6,569about 1 in 260 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6,569 boys in the US were named Gabriel, making it the 37th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 38th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13,041 boys. 10 girls were also named Gabriel in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Gabriel in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gabriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,569 | #37 |
| 2024 | 6,410 | #43 |
| 2023 | 6,786 | #38 |
| 2022 | 7,257 | #36 |
| 2021 | 7,302 | #38 |
| 2020 | 7,172 | #38 |
| 2019 | 7,768 | #37 |
| 2018 | 8,439 | #35 |
| 2017 | 9,178 | #31 |
| 2016 | 10,279 | #25 |
| 2015 | 10,913 | #22 |
| 2014 | 10,961 | #24 |
| 2013 | 11,245 | #24 |
| 2012 | 11,580 | #24 |
| 2011 | 12,367 | #24 |
| 2010 | 12,891 | #21 |
| 2009 | 12,834 | #22 |
| 2008 | 13,041 | #24 |
| 2007 | 12,911 | #28 |
| 2006 | 12,543 | #28 |
| 2005 | 12,759 | #28 |
| 2004 | 11,563 | #32 |
| 2003 | 12,522 | #29 |
| 2002 | 12,059 | #32 |
| 2001 | 10,917 | #38 |
| 2000 | 8,681 | #44 |
| 1999 | 7,369 | #53 |
| 1998 | 7,068 | #54 |
| 1997 | 6,406 | #57 |
| 1996 | 5,900 | #61 |
| 1995 | 5,713 | #65 |
| 1994 | 5,539 | #68 |
| 1993 | 4,375 | #86 |
| 1992 | 4,336 | #86 |
| 1991 | 4,414 | #82 |
| 1990 | 3,699 | #100 |
| 1989 | 3,038 | #110 |
| 1988 | 3,119 | #102 |
| 1987 | 3,079 | #98 |
| 1986 | 3,046 | #95 |
| 1985 | 3,215 | #92 |
| 1984 | 3,325 | #87 |
| 1983 | 3,269 | #89 |
| 1982 | 3,363 | #88 |
| 1981 | 3,373 | #87 |
| 1980 | 3,493 | #85 |
| 1979 | 3,235 | #90 |
| 1978 | 3,126 | #90 |
| 1977 | 3,346 | #87 |
| 1976 | 3,303 | #81 |
| 1975 | 2,431 | #106 |
| 1974 | 2,232 | #117 |
| 1973 | 1,980 | #130 |
| 1972 | 1,920 | #139 |
| 1971 | 1,573 | #173 |
| 1970 | 1,244 | #205 |
| 1969 | 864 | #247 |
| 1968 | 735 | #270 |
| 1967 | 644 | #285 |
| 1966 | 547 | #317 |
| 1965 | 620 | #301 |
| 1964 | 617 | #311 |
| 1963 | 581 | #328 |
| 1962 | 573 | #328 |
| 1961 | 551 | #334 |
| 1960 | 427 | #382 |
| 1959 | 449 | #372 |
| 1958 | 362 | #411 |
| 1957 | 384 | #393 |
| 1956 | 345 | #409 |
| 1955 | 332 | #397 |
| 1954 | 291 | #419 |
| 1953 | 275 | #419 |
| 1952 | 262 | #431 |
| 1951 | 246 | #431 |
| 1950 | 258 | #417 |
| 1949 | 265 | #418 |
| 1948 | 216 | #452 |
| 1947 | 236 | #437 |
| 1946 | 173 | #487 |
| 1945 | 163 | #465 |
| 1944 | 194 | #439 |
| 1943 | 199 | #449 |
| 1942 | 194 | #444 |
| 1941 | 206 | #410 |
| 1940 | 193 | #418 |
| 1939 | 153 | #466 |
| 1938 | 170 | #440 |
| 1937 | 172 | #430 |
| 1936 | 202 | #385 |
| 1935 | 178 | #414 |
| 1934 | 163 | #443 |
| 1933 | 188 | #394 |
| 1932 | 184 | #413 |
| 1931 | 209 | #388 |
| 1930 | 220 | #384 |
| 1929 | 237 | #374 |
| 1928 | 255 | #365 |
| 1927 | 247 | #373 |
| 1926 | 202 | #426 |
| 1925 | 202 | #423 |
| 1924 | 235 | #395 |
| 1923 | 209 | #415 |
| 1922 | 194 | #433 |
| 1921 | 219 | #410 |
| 1920 | 201 | #418 |
| 1919 | 191 | #425 |
| 1918 | 190 | #422 |
| 1917 | 190 | #410 |
| 1916 | 174 | #427 |
| 1915 | 173 | #408 |
| 1914 | 131 | #417 |
| 1913 | 114 | #404 |
| 1912 | 84 | #427 |
| 1911 | 47 | #420 |
| 1910 | 41 | #421 |
| 1909 | 39 | #388 |
| 1908 | 34 | #403 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 29 | #393 |
| 1904 | 14 | #612 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 21 | #407 |
| 1900 | 19 | #555 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 18 | #481 |
| 1895 | 14 | #556 |
| 1894 | 22 | #399 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1892 | 10 | #687 |
| 1891 | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 13 | #554 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 21 | #386 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 20 | #399 |
| 1881 | 17 | #416 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
Nicknames for Gabriel
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