Gabriel
In 2025 Gabriel comes in at #37 nationally, holding steady. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 395,778 American bearers across the record.
What Gabriel carries
Gabriel · Hebrew
“hero of God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Gabriel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Gabriel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Gabriel since 1880
Gabriel peaked in 2008 at #24; #37 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Gabriel is most common
Gabriel is most common in Hawaii: 0.96% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Alaska (0.88%) and District of Columbia (0.87%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Gabriel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaac
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Asher
#28 in 2025 · Hebrew
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isaiah
#57 in 2025 · Hebrew
Caleb
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathan
#63 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Gabriel
Where does Gabriel rank right now?
In 2025 Gabriel comes in at #37 nationally, holding steady. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Gabriel have a meaning on record?
The gloss on record reads “hero of God”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Gabriel?
By our fixed recipe the closest are Jacob, Isaac and Asher, scored on origin, era, shape and how common they are. The sibling matcher runs the same recipe against the names already in your house.
Get Gabriel’s free Name Kit
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