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Girl name#198 of girl names

Gabriella

Pronounced G AA2 B R IY0 EH1 L AA2 (ARPABET)

  • 4 syllables
  • Peaked 2010
  • 135 years in use
  • Biblical
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Gabriella?

Gabriella is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 226,638 children — the 198th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 44% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2010, when 8,502 children were given it.

Gabriela is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

02,5005,0007,50010,00018901920195019802010
20108,502

Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Gabriella and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Gabriela

Characteristics

  • Biblical (Person)
  • 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
G AA2 B R IY0 EH1 L AA2
Stress pattern:
2012
Syllables:
4

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Gabriella

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Gabriella

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Gabriella?
Gabriella ranks 198th among girls' names in US records, with 226,638 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 45,619.
Is Gabriella a unisex name?
No. Gabriella is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gabriella most popular?
2010, when 8,502 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Gabriella spelled?
Gabriela. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.