Gabriyel

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English equivalent of Gabriel

Gabriyel has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 2008. 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 2008, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% girls, 46% boys all-time.

Babies named Gabriyel, 2010

1 in 739,000

Gabriyel over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2012, Gabriyel went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20082012

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.

Gabriyel: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Gabriel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gabriyel means

Gabriyel is a English equivalent of Gabriel.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabriyel is used in Walloon.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gabriel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Walloon, Gabriyel is pronounced /ɡab.ʀi.ˈjɛl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13 girls were recorded with the name Gabriyel between 2008 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2008; its best national rank was #12,989 in 2008.

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Gabriyel between 2010 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2012; its best national rank was #11,246 in 2012.

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 Gabriyel?

Gabriyel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2010, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2010: 1 in 739,000; 5 of 3,695,928 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2010: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 512,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gabriyel 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 2010 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 512,366 children born in 2010 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabriyel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabriyels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabriyel was born before 2008 — so the typical Gabriyel is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 61.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 13; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 61.5% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Gabriyel 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: —; 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: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2008 (8)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #12,989; 2008

Spellings of Gabriyel

Gabriyel is not the most common spelling — Gabriela is, with 88.8% against Gabriyel's 0.01%.

Gabriela88.8%86,182
Gabriel7.1%6,849
Gabriele2.1%2,078
Gabriell1.3%1,290
Abriel0.67%654
Gabriyel0.01%13

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.

Gabriyel by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,989; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 8 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 13
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,246; 2012
Peak year: 2012; 6 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gabriyel

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

Gabryel Gaberial Gabriely Gabrieal Gabryele Gabbriel Gabryell Gabreial Gabriala Gabrylle Gabrialla Gabreil Gabrialle Gabiela Gaberielle Gaberille Gabirelle Gabreella Gabrionna Gabrielah Gabreal Gabbanelli Sheryel Gabreilla

Sibling names for Gabriyel

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

Jaylen Yamilet Dalilah Desire Jaidyn Kalia Abagail Rihanna

For a brother

Kaeden Tyshawn Marley Aditya Aydan Aydin Javion Baron

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