Gabril
A variant of Gabriel, from the Hebrew name meaning "God is my strength".
Name Census estimates that about 11 living Americans carry the first name Gabril. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Gabril today is around 21 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Gabril births was 2005 (6 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Gabril. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Gabril. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
11
~ 1 in 31,159,485 Americans
Peak year
2005
6 babies that year
Average age
21
years old
2005 SSA rank
#10,533
Tracked since 2004
Census
Gabril in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 262 people with the first name Gabril, which placed it at #32,242 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#32,242
National first-name rank
People counted
262
262 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
52.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Gabril
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Gabril is Hispanic at 52.3%. The next largest groups are White (27.5%) and Black (13.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Gabril described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Gabril at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino52.3% · 137
- White27.5% · 72
- Black or African American13.0% · 34
- Two or more races3.8% · 10
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.3% · 6
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.1% · 3
Popularity
Gabril: popularity over time
Babies born per year
Decades
Gabril by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Gabril during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
| Decade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Origin
Meaning and history of Gabril
The name Gabril is derived from the Hebrew name Gabriel, which means "God is my strength." The origins of this name can be traced back to the ancient Hebrew language, and it first appeared in the Bible as the name of an archangel who serves as a messenger from God.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Gabriel is in the Book of Daniel, where he appears as a messenger who interprets visions and prophecies for Daniel. The name is also mentioned in the New Testament, particularly in the Gospel of Luke, where the angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary.
Throughout history, the name Gabriel has been widely used in various cultures and religions, particularly in Christianity and Islam. In Islam, the archangel Gabriel is known as Jibril and is revered as the messenger who delivered the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad.
Some notable historical figures who bore the name Gabril include Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved African American who led a planned slave rebellion in Virginia in 1800. Another famous bearer of the name was Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate known for his magical realism works such as "One Hundred Years of Solitude." He lived from 1927 to 2014.
In the world of music, Gabriel Fauré was a French composer, organist, and pianist who lived from 1845 to 1924 and is renowned for his works in the Romantic period. Gabriel Urbain Fauré was also a French chemist and the discoverer of the chemical element radium, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903.
Another notable figure is Gabriel Dumont, a Métis leader and military commander who played a significant role in the North-West Rebellion in Canada in 1885, fighting for the rights of the Métis people. He lived from 1837 to 1906.
People
Gabril + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Gabril as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with G
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Gabril: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gabril?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 11 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Gabril going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 31,159,485 US residents.
Is Gabril a common name?
We classify Gabril as "Very Rare". It ranks above 30.8% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 11 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Gabril most popular?
The single biggest year for Gabril was 2005, when 6 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Gabril is about 21 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Gabril in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 262 people with the name Gabril, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #32,242 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Gabril in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Gabril?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Gabril leans strongly male. 247 people counted with this name were male (94.6%), compared with 14 female bearers (5.4%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Gabril?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Gabril is Hispanic at 52.3%. The next largest groups are White (27.5%) and Black (13.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Gabril most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Gabril in the 2020 Census, accounting for 52.3% (137 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Gabril in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Gabril a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Gabril in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Gabril still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Gabril in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Gabril can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Gabril?
See how many people share the name Gabril on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.