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Girl name#298 of girl names

Gabrielle

Pronounced G AE1 B R IY0 EH0 L (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1998
  • 135 years in use
  • Biblical
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How popular is Gabrielle?

Gabrielle is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 139,184 children — the 298th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 72% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1998, when 6,215 children were given it.

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1998Girls: 6,215Boys: 20

Characteristics

  • Biblical (Person)
  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
G AE1 B R IY0 EH0 L
Stress pattern:
100
Syllables:
3

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

Names like Gabrielle

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

Sibling names for Gabrielle

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Gabrielle?
Gabrielle ranks 298th among girls' names in US records, with 139,184 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,531.
Is Gabrielle a unisex name?
No. Gabrielle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gabrielle most popular?
1998, when 6,215 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.