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Gabriele

#15,684 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

God is my strong man, through Gabriel

Gabriele has been given to 2,968 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #15,684 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 88 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% girls, 30% boys all-time.

Babies named Gabriele, 2025

1 in 663,000

Gabriele over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Gabriele went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

19542025

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.

Gabriele: meaning, origin, and history

God is my strong man, through Gabriel

Italian and Hebrew

What Gabriele means

Gabriele belongs to the name family reached through Gabriele → Gabriel. Its meaning is “God is my strong man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabriele is used in English, German and Italian. Its origins include Italian and Hebrew.

Gabriele comes through Italian Gabriele.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gabriel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Gabriele is pronounced /ɡa.briˈɛ.le/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,078 girls were recorded with the name Gabriele between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 88 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,775 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,571 in 2020 to #15,684 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,819 in 2015 to #15,684 in 2025.

In the United States, 890 boys were recorded with the name Gabriele between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 39 in 2007; its best national rank was #2,825 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,320 in 2020 to #4,591 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,130 in 2015 to #4,591 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 Gabriele?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#15,684
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gabriele 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabriele. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabrieles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabriele was born before 1997 — so the typical Gabriele is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
36.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,078
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (680).

Is Gabriele 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
+408
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−7,113
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−8,865
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.7%
Peak was 1998 (88)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,775
1998

Spellings of Gabriele

Gabriele is not the most common spelling — Gabrielle is, with 36.6% against Gabriele's 0.55%.

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 Gabriele is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Gabriele was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 237,460 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3New York1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Connecticut1 in —
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 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. Gabriele has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Gabriele is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Gabriele was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 849,339 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New Jersey1 in —
  4. 4New York1 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. Gabriele has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gabriele around the world

Where Gabriele 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
    1996–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2009
    #783
    in 2009
  • Northern Ireland
    2006–2017
    #296
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2000–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    1900–2023
    #7,093
    in 2023
  • Norway
    1880–2019
    #365
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1991–2019
    #3,370
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1945–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Gabriele

People whose public names include Gabriele, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Gabriele in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Gabriele. Linked forms have their own page here.

GavrilGabrielGavriilGavriloGabrielaGabriellaGabrielleGáborGabriëlGabrijelGabriëlleGabríella

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Gabriele by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,684
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 7,113
Best rank ever
#1,775
1998
Peak year
1998
88 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,078
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,591
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 729
Best rank ever
#2,825
2001
Peak year
2007
39 that year
First recorded
1961
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
890
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Gabriele

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

GabriellGabryellaGabrielDanieleMichaeleGabbyGabrianaGabryeleGabryelleGabyGabrelleGabriannaGabbieGiseleRacheleGabrielaGabryelaGabrellaGabrilleArieleGabrialChanteleRicheleAngele

Names with a curve like Gabriele

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gabriele, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ShayeAngelikaKyanaMichelaAllissaMyiaCydneyShaylynMarykateKierstinAmbriaTeanna

Sibling names for Gabriele

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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