Gabriela is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2003 and has grown less common since.
Gabriela is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #317 for girl births in the United States (and #674 across all names), given to 961 babies — 984 including U.S. territories. Gabriela was first reported in SSA data in 1903 and peaked in 2003 (3,362 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 961 | 984 | #317 | — |
| 2024 | 1,063 | 1,089 | #298 | — |
| 2023 | 1,050 | 1,078 | #296 | — |
| 2022 | 955 | 991 | #339 | — |
| 2021 | 927 | 975 | #344 | — |
| 2020 | 961 | 991 | #322 | — |
| 2019 | 954 | 982 | #336 | — |
| 2018 | 1,003 | 1,038 | #325 | — |
| 2017 | 1,159 | 1,218 | #281 | — |
| 2016 | 1,249 | 1,323 | #253 | — |
| 2015 | 1,260 | 1,345 | #256 | — |
| 2014 | 1,414 | 1,532 | #232 | — |
| 2013 | 1,450 | 1,555 | #221 | — |
| 2012 | 1,551 | 1,685 | #200 | — |
| 2011 | 1,912 | 2,079 | #165 | — |
| 2010 | 2,082 | 2,277 | #148 | — |
| 2009 | 2,296 | 2,511 | #139 | — |
| 2008 | 2,616 | 2,851 | #131 | — |
| 2007 | 2,872 | 3,197 | #118 | #6,782 |
| 2006 | 3,034 | 3,349 | #109 | #7,088 |
| 2005 | 2,874 | 3,247 | #115 | #9,444 |
| 2004 | 3,032 | 3,443 | #110 | #8,391 |
| 2003 | 3,369 | 3,840 | #102 | #8,975 |
| 2002 | 2,922 | 3,339 | #116 | #7,891 |
| 2001 | 2,741 | 3,167 | #125 | #11,131 |
| 2000 | 2,853 | 3,314 | #117 | #7,688 |
| 1999 | 2,715 | 3,204 | #123 | #6,193 |
| 1998 | 2,582 | 3,029 | #129 | #10,150 |
| 1997 | 2,636 | — | #120 | #7,552 |
| 1996 | 2,429 | — | #132 | #4,251 |
| 1995 | 2,585 | — | #123 | #6,080 |
| 1994 | 2,864 | — | #115 | #2,796 |
| 1993 | 2,434 | — | #134 | #2,738 |
| 1992 | 2,295 | — | #138 | #2,698 |
| 1991 | 2,085 | — | #146 | #3,036 |
| 1990 | 1,626 | — | #181 | #2,998 |
| 1989 | 1,240 | — | #223 | #3,249 |
| 1988 | 1,010 | — | #257 | #3,121 |
| 1987 | 997 | — | #259 | #3,246 |
| 1986 | 778 | — | #317 | #2,548 |
| 1985 | 719 | — | #333 | #4,846 |
| 1984 | 652 | — | #359 | #5,159 |
| 1983 | 721 | — | #326 | #3,960 |
| 1982 | 606 | — | #387 | #4,741 |
| 1981 | 606 | — | #382 | #5,118 |
| 1980 | 608 | — | #378 | — |
| 1979 | 711 | — | #335 | #5,016 |
| 1978 | 536 | — | #389 | — |
| 1977 | 426 | — | #461 | — |
| 1976 | 442 | — | #447 | #5,152 |
| 1975 | 420 | — | #457 | #4,487 |
| 1974 | 416 | — | #451 | #3,955 |
| 1973 | 333 | — | #513 | — |
| 1972 | 332 | — | #517 | — |
| 1971 | 262 | — | #632 | — |
| 1970 | 247 | — | #656 | — |
| 1969 | 228 | — | #657 | — |
| 1968 | 193 | — | #700 | — |
| 1967 | 134 | — | #880 | — |
| 1966 | 138 | — | #852 | — |
| 1965 | 128 | — | #885 | — |
| 1964 | 102 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1963 | 72 | — | #1,299 | — |
| 1962 | 79 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1961 | 39 | — | #1,849 | — |
| 1960 | 47 | — | #1,645 | — |
| 1959 | 59 | — | #1,399 | — |
| 1958 | 40 | — | #1,707 | — |
| 1957 | 42 | — | #1,662 | — |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #2,486 | — |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #1,954 | — |
| 1954 | 17 | — | #2,728 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,042 | — |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,437 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,514 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,572 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #3,997 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,520 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | — | #4,111 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,619 | — |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,483 | — |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #3,213 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,537 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,643 | — |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,316 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,482 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,495 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | — | #4,452 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,701 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | — | #2,846 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,232 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,258 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,552 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #4,014 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #3,363 | — |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,814 | — |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #3,040 | — |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,518 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,421 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | — | #3,798 | — |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #3,192 | — |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,304 | — |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,026 | — |
| 1917 | 7 | — | #3,864 | — |
| 1916 | 6 | — | #4,101 | — |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #2,449 | — |
| 1914 | 10 | — | #2,328 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,850 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,993 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,905 | — |