Girls' name · peaked in 2010

Gabriella name popularity since 1925

137,452 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Gabriella. Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Gabriella is about 17 years old in 2026. Gabriella peaked in 2010 as the #33 name for girls, and it ranked #105 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 137,452; Named Gabriella, 1925–2025
Peak year: 2010; #33 for girls that year
Typical age: About 17; Median birth year 2009
In 2025: #105; for girls in 2025 (2,545 babies)
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 137,384 girls · 68 boys
Most popular in: Florida; 2.45× its national share

Peak year is the year Gabriella made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Gabriella births per year, 1925–2025

2010 was the biggest year for Gabriella both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1986 and 1991, Gabriella became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 8,130 baby girls to 1 in 1,570.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Gabriella's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Gabriella.

Decade by decade

Babies named Gabriella in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	70	0	–
1930s	73	0	#3,931
1940s	83	0	#3,785
1950s	209	0	#2,758
1960s	664	0	#1,245
1970s	1,080	0	#1,121
1980s	2,410	10	#736
1990s	20,173	19	#143
2000s	47,398	26	#61
2010s	48,132	13	#54
2020–25	17,092	0	#105

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

53.8% of babies named Gabriella from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Where Gabriella is most popular

The index compares Gabriella's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Gabriella.

State	Index	Babies
Florida	2.45×	12,120
Nevada	2.11×	1,030
New Jersey	1.90×	7,157
Connecticut	1.82×	2,701
Arizona	1.67×	2,969

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Gabriella and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Gabriella (this page)	137,384	2010
Gabriela	86,056	2003

Names with a similar story

Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Gabriella's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Gabriella.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Gabriella (2010).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data