Gabi

#8,532 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Gabriel

Gabi has been given to 275 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #8,532 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Gabi, 2025

1 in 276,000

Gabi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gabi: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Gabriel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gabi means

Gabi is a diminutive of Gabriel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Gabi is a diminutive of Gabriel. Gabriel has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabi is used in Hungarian, Portuguese and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gabriel, Gábor, Gabriella and Gabriela.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Gabi is pronounced [ˈɡɒbi].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 275 girls were recorded with the name Gabi between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2003; its best national rank was #6,689 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,541 in 2020 to #8,532 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,472 in 2015 to #8,532 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gabi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 134,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,532; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gabi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabi was born before 2011 — so the typical Gabi is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 34.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 275; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 34.5% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Gabi 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: +1,260; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,009; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +4,940; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.71×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 70.6%; Peak was 2003 (17)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,689; 2003

Spellings of Gabi

Gabi is not the most common spelling — Gail is, with 29.8% against Gabi's 0.04%.

Gail29.8%201,746
Kari8.8%59,696
Tami5.6%37,927
Kali4.8%32,527
Cali3.5%23,342
Jami3.2%21,473
Maci3.2%21,342
Gale2.9%19,906

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.

Gabi around the world

Where Gabi 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 & Wales
2000–2011
#5,785
in 2011
France
1944–2024
#4,899
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gabi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,532
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,009
Best rank ever: #6,689; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 17 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 275
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Gabi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gabbi Gaby Gabbie Gabby Nabi Sarabi Abi Gabrial Gabryel Gabrelle Gabriana Gabina Gabija Gabryela Gabrella Gabryella Gabrille Gabriele Gabreal Gabriel Gabrianna Gabrielly Gabryelle Gabbanelli

Sibling names for Gabi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydnee Lesli Shakira Madisen Destiney Alysa Jaden Sydnie

For a brother

Aaden Keven Zakary Kale Samual Donavon Jarod Shamar

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