Gabriela Girl
How popular is Gabriela?
#317 girl name in 2025
961 baby girls were named Gabriela in the US in 2025, making it the 317th most popular girl name.
Gabriela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #317 for girls (▼ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 961 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #256 in 2015, #322 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (3,362 girls) |
| Highest rank | #102 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1903 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gabriela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gabriella family of names ranked #91 for girls in 2025 (#90 the year before), with 3,516 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriella | 2,545 | 72% |
| Gabriela | 961 | 27% |
| Gabryella | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gabriela is most popular
Babies named Gabriela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 1.4 per 1,000 (603 girls)
- Nevada: 1.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Maryland: 1.2 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.1 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Gabriela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1910s | 51 | #2,264 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,387 |
| 1930s | 40 | #2,748 |
| 1940s | 65 | #3,138 |
| 1950s | 251 | #1,395 |
| 1960s | 1,160 | #657 |
| 1970s | 4,097 | #335 |
| 1980s | 7,826 | #223 |
| 1990s | 24,085 | #115 |
| 2000s | 28,543 | #102 |
| 2010s | 14,034 | #148 |
| 2020s | 5,917 | #296 |
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Questions
- Is Gabriela a boy or girl name?
- Gabriela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gabriela were girls.
- How popular is the name Gabriela?
- 961 baby girls were named Gabriela in the US in 2025, making it the 317th most popular girl name.
- When was Gabriela most popular?
- Gabriela peaked in 2003, when 3,362 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #102 in 2003.
- How many people are named Gabriela?
- 86,553 babies have been named Gabriela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 84,999 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Gabriela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gabriela was most common in Florida, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.