Gabrel
Rudolf Gabrel was an Estonian politician.
Meaning & Origin of Gabrel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rudolf Gabrel was an Estonian politician.
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The Story of Gabrel
American parents first put Gabrel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 10 Gabrels were born — ranking #6,315 that year. About 83% of every Gabrel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Gabrel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Gabrel
Gabrel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Gabrel's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #6,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Gabrel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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