Abriel
#2,834 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Abriel has been given to 1,316 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #2,834 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 50% boys, 50% girls all-time.
Babies named Abriel, 2025
1 in 75,300
Abriel over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Abriel over time
In 2025, Abriel went to 12% girls and 88% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Abriel?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 75,300
- 44 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 38,800
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,834
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 52,226 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Abriel sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 52,226 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abriel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Abriels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Abriel was born before 2016 — so the typical Abriel is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 44.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 90.8%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 662
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 44.0% of all recorded uses (291).
Is Abriel rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +271
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,437
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +131
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.13×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (44)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.1% average annual change
Spellings of Abriel
Abriel is not the most common spelling — Gabriel is, with 63.2% against Abriel's 0.11%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Abriel is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Abriel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 561,397 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
- 4New York1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Abriel is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Abriel was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,236,523 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1New York1 in —
- 2Pennsylvania1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Abriel around the world
Where Abriel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2014–2025#3,684in 2025
- France2007–2025#2,164in 2025
- Canada2015–2024#3,231in 2024
- South Australia1979–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Abriel by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Abriel
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Abriel
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.