Gadiel Boy
How popular is Gadiel?
#1,186 boy name in 2025
173 baby boys were named Gadiel in the US in 2025, making it the 1186th most popular boy name.
Gadiel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,186 for boys (▼ 114 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 173 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+144% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,019 in 2015, #1,064 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (203 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,064 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gadiel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gadiel family of names ranked #1,023 for boys in 2025 (#952 the year before), with 191 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gadiel | 173 | 91% |
| Gaddiel | 18 | 9% |
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 Gadiel is most popular
Babies named Gadiel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (147 boys)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (148 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 boys)
Gadiel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | #5,769 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,606 |
| 2000s | 482 | #1,741 |
| 2010s | 930 | #1,193 |
| 2020s | 1,066 | #1,064 |
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Questions
- Is Gadiel a boy or girl name?
- Gadiel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gadiel were boys.
- How popular is the name Gadiel?
- 173 baby boys were named Gadiel in the US in 2025, making it the 1186th most popular boy name.
- When was Gadiel most popular?
- Gadiel peaked in 2024, when 203 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,064 in 2020.
- How many people are named Gadiel?
- 2,568 babies have been named Gadiel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,549 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Gadiel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gadiel was most common in Arizona, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys 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.