Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Gabriel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gabriel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gabriel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gabriel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gabriel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gabriel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gabriel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gabriel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 15 0.000074448 15 -100%
1881 17 0.000088226 17 -100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 -100%
1883 10 0.000046094 10 -100%
1884 21 0.000086256 21 -100%
1885 11 0.000045671 11 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 18 0.000072759 18 -100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 -100%
1889 9 0.000031148 9 -100%
1890 15 0.000049768 15 -100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 -100%
1892 10 0.000029907 10 -100%
1893 16 0.000049197 16 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 14 0.000039884 14 -100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 -100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 -100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 -100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 -100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 -100%
1901 21 0.000060727 21 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 18 0.000047219 18 -100%
1904 14 0.000034698 14 -100%
1905 29 0.000068409 29 -100%
1906 16 0.000037344 16 -100%
1907 21 0.000045123 21 -100%
1908 34 0.00006958 34 -100%
1909 39 0.000076287 39 -100%
1910 46 0.000077872 5 41 -78%
1911 47 0.00007295 47 -100%
1912 93 0.000094124 9 84 -81%
1913 119 0.000104651 5 114 -92%
1914 131 0.000092492 131 -100%
1915 180 0.00009823 7 173 -92%
1916 179 0.000092534 5 174 -94%
1917 195 0.000097172 5 190 -95%
1918 195 0.000089816 5 190 -95%
1919 191 0.000090511 191 -100%
1920 206 0.000091044 5 201 -95%
1921 225 0.00009638 6 219 -95%
1922 194 0.000084747 194 -100%
1923 214 0.000092943 5 209 -95%
1924 241 0.000101192 6 235 -95%
1925 202 0.000086573 202 -100%
1926 202 0.000087983 202 -100%
1927 247 0.000106495 247 -100%
1928 255 0.000112785 255 -100%
1929 242 0.000110393 5 237 -96%
1930 220 0.000098953 220 -100%
1931 209 0.000099316 209 -100%
1932 184 0.00008715 184 -100%
1933 188 0.000094026 188 -100%
1934 163 0.000078486 163 -100%
1935 183 0.000087564 5 178 -95%
1936 202 0.000097229 202 -100%
1937 177 0.000083072 5 172 -94%
1938 170 0.000076834 170 -100%
1939 153 0.000069437 153 -100%
1940 193 0.000083815 193 -100%
1941 212 0.000087013 6 206 -94%
1942 199 0.000072845 5 194 -95%
1943 206 0.000072983 7 199 -93%
1944 194 0.000072117 194 -100%
1945 163 0.000061442 163 -100%
1946 173 0.000054142 173 -100%
1947 242 0.000067179 6 236 -95%
1948 216 0.000062563 216 -100%
1949 275 0.000078915 10 265 -93%
1950 263 0.000075071 5 258 -96%
1951 246 0.00006678 246 -100%
1952 262 0.000068984 262 -100%
1953 275 0.000071361 275 -100%
1954 298 0.000074861 7 291 -95%
1955 338 0.000084183 6 332 -96%
1956 345 0.000083676 345 -100%
1957 393 0.000093524 9 384 -95%
1958 374 0.000090471 12 362 -94%
1959 449 0.000107985 449 -100%
1960 438 0.000105445 11 427 -95%
1961 561 0.000135432 12 549 -96%
1962 586 0.000145216 12 574 -96%
1963 598 0.000151079 16 582 -95%
1964 633 0.000162825 16 617 -95%
1965 638 0.000175978 17 621 -95%
1966 556 0.00015997 8 548 -97%
1967 659 0.000194115 15 644 -95%
1968 747 0.00022111 12 735 -97%
1969 886 0.00025494 21 865 -95%
1970 1282 0.000355468 37 1245 -94%
1971 1609 0.000468774 35 1574 -96%
1972 1956 0.000622337 35 1921 -96%
1973 2023 0.000670559 42 1981 -96%
1974 2270 0.000746711 38 2232 -97%
1975 2474 0.00081937 43 2431 -97%
1976 3358 0.00110668 55 3303 -97%
1977 3402 0.001070992 56 3346 -97%
1978 3194 0.001006342 68 3126 -96%
1979 3294 0.000990081 58 3236 -96%
1980 3564 0.001034691 70 3494 -96%
1981 3428 0.00099093 55 3373 -97%
1982 3426 0.000976635 63 3363 -96%
1983 3346 0.00096612 77 3269 -95%
1984 3405 0.000975993 80 3325 -95%
1985 3288 0.000921238 73 3215 -96%
1986 3132 0.000880498 86 3046 -95%
1987 3242 0.000899153 163 3079 -90%
1988 3294 0.000891465 174 3120 -89%
1989 3205 0.00083367 168 3037 -90%
1990 3911 0.000989506 212 3699 -89%
1991 4653 0.001194527 240 4413 -90%
1992 4571 0.00118997 235 4336 -90%
1993 4611 0.001222986 237 4374 -90%
1994 5797 0.001559317 259 5538 -91%
1995 5943 0.001622815 230 5713 -92%
1996 6127 0.001679921 228 5899 -93%
1997 6668 0.001839068 264 6404 -92%
1998 7325 0.001991459 257 7068 -93%
1999 7650 0.002071 281 7369 -93%
2000 8974 0.002374134 293 8681 -93%
2001 11155 0.002979919 238 10917 -96%
2002 12269 0.003281981 210 12059 -97%
2003 12703 0.003340856 182 12521 -97%
2004 11797 0.003087474 234 11563 -96%
2005 12936 0.003364505 177 12759 -97%
2006 12716 0.003214204 173 12543 -97%
2007 13075 0.003270644 164 12911 -97%
2008 13187 0.003354903 147 13040 -98%
2009 12977 0.003396965 144 12833 -98%
2010 12986 0.003513776 100 12886 -98%
2011 12446 0.003402599 85 12361 -99%
2012 11647 0.003184531 70 11577 -99%
2013 11297 0.003098747 53 11244 -99%
2014 11014 0.002971636 61 10953 -99%
2015 10962 0.002961973 53 10909 -99%
2016 10327 0.002814895 49 10278 -99%
2017 9203 0.002573406 27 9176 -99%
2018 8467 0.002408205 32 8435 -99%
2019 7808 0.002249539 43 7765 -99%
2020 7187 0.002151425 22 7165 -99%
2021 7313 0.002158533 20 7293 -99%
2022 7263 0.002146825 16 7247 -100%
2023 6790 0.002050619 13 6777 -100%
2024 6402 0.001923388 23 6379 -99%

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