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Gabrial

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Gabrial has been given to 1,891 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 97 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Gabrial, 2022

1 in 564,000

Gabrial over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Gabrial over time

In 2022, Gabrial went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19642022

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.

Gabrial: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gabrial means

Gabrial is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabrial is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,627 boys were recorded with the name Gabrial between 1964 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,548 in 1976.

In the United States, 264 girls were recorded with the name Gabrial between 1984 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 25 in 1999; its best national rank was #4,489 in 1999.

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.

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How common is Gabrial?

Gabrial had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022
1 in 564,000
6 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only
1 in 291,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
391,139 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gabrial sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 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 391,139 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabrial. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabrials were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabrial was born before 2003 — so the typical Gabrial is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
67.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,627
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (694).

Is Gabrial 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2007 (97)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,548
1976

Spellings of Gabrial

Gabrial is not the most common spelling — Gabriel is, with 97.9% against Gabrial's 0.40%.

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 Gabrial is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Gabrial was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 450,704 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Colorado1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Indiana1 in —
  8. 8Kansas1 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. Gabrial has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Gabrial is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Gabrial was most concentrated in Indiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 631,456 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Indiana1 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. Gabrial has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gabrial around the world

Where Gabrial 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
    2006–2015
    #4,747
    in 2015
  • Canada
    2002–2002
    #2,079
    in 2002
  • South Australia
    2003–2003
    #588
    in 2003

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gabrial by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,548
1976
Peak year
2007
97 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
1,627
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,489
1999
Peak year
1999
25 that year
First recorded
1984
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
264
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Gabrial

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

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Sibling names for Gabrial

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

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