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Gabriela

Gender
Girl
Say it
gab-ree-EL-a
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#502 for girls
US rank, 2025
#317 for girls

Gabriela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my strength”. In 2025 it ranked 502nd for girls in the UK (88 babies) and 317th for girls in the US (961 babies).

What does Gabriela mean?

Hebrew: feminine of Gabriel

“God is my strength”

Feminine of Gabriel in Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and other languages; borne by Nobel-winning Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Gabriela a girl's or a boy's name?

Gabriela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 88 girls in the UK and 961 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gabriela in the UK?

Rank in 2025
502nd among girls
Babies in 2025
88 about 1 in 3,200 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 88 girls in the UK were named Gabriela, making it the 502nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 298th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 226 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Gabriela than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Gabriela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 391 girls in the UK were given Gabriela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #162, up from #502 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 226 in 20162025
Gabriela in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202588#502
2024110#430
2023104#443
2022134#361
2021143#361
2020177#298
2019203#263
2018204#268
2017194#281
2016226#252
2015208#261
2014185#284
2013193#270
2012222#249
2011224#250
2010199#275
2009205#262
2008144#347
2007133#362
200678#525
200564#569
200445#698
200331#901
200238#740
200126#929
200018#1,182
199921#1,065
199825#955
199724#969
199626#894

How popular is Gabriela in the US?

Rank in 2025
317th among girls
Babies in 2025
961 about 1 in 1,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 961 girls in the US were named Gabriela, making it the 317th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 322nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 3,362 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.

Half of all the girls named Gabriela in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,506 girls in the US were given Gabriela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #85, up from #317 for this spelling alone.

1903Busiest: 3,362 in 20032025
Gabriela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025961#317
20241,063#298
20231,050#296
2022955#339
2021927#344
2020961#322
2019954#336
20181,003#325
20171,159#281
20161,249#253
20151,260#256
20141,414#232
20131,450#221
20121,551#200
20111,912#165
20102,082#148
20092,296#139
20082,616#131
20072,860#118
20063,023#109
20052,867#115
20043,024#110
20033,362#102
20022,914#116
20012,736#125
20002,845#117
19992,705#123
19982,577#129
19972,629#120
19962,414#131
19952,576#123
19942,838#115
19932,408#134
19922,269#138
19912,064#146
19901,605#181
19891,222#223
1988993#257
1987982#259
1986757#317
1985711#333
1984645#358
1983711#326
1982598#386
1981599#382
1980608#378
1979704#335
1978536#388
1977426#461
1976436#446
1975413#457
1974408#451
1973333#512
1972332#517
1971262#632
1970247#656
1969228#657
1968193#699
1967134#880
1966138#849
1965128#883
1964102#1,078
196372#1,298
196279#1,234
196139#1,837
196047#1,636
195959#1,395
195840#1,702
195742#1,651
195621#2,452
195530#1,939
195417#2,694
19539#3,954
195211#3,371
195117#2,473
19505#5,299
19498#3,891
19485#5,241
19478#4,005
19466#4,416
19458#3,386
19449#3,138
19430–
19428#3,442
19415#4,418
19408#3,206
19390–
19380–
19375#4,253
19367#3,374
19350–
19340–
19335#4,216
19327#3,566
193110#2,748
19306#4,045
19296#4,051
19288#3,434
19277#3,873
19269#3,268
19258#3,663
192411#2,972
192314#2,465
192215#2,387
19218#3,665
192010#3,097
19199#3,217
19187#3,867
19177#3,711
19166#3,917
191512#2,383
191410#2,264
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19097#1,763
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19045#1,876
19035#1,791

Nicknames for Gabriela

Names like Gabriela

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Eliana, Isabella, Fatima, Ariella, Mia, Ava, Athena, Gianna, Liliana, Gia, Jessica, Valentina

Other spellings of Gabriela

Gabriella

Names related to Gabriela

Gabrielle, Gabriele, Gabryella, Gabriell, Gabrielly, Gabriellah, Gabryelle

More Hebrew names

Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

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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, “Gabriela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gabriela, updated 20 October 2026.