Gavriel
Masculine · “God is my strength”
Gavriel is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,054 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Gavriel is the Hebrew of Gabriel — God is my strength — the archangel who explains Daniel's visions and announces two births in the Gospels.
How old is the name Gavriel?
Gavriel first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Gavriel is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,000 people named Gavriel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Gavriel most popular?
Gavriel peaked in 2025, reaching #1514 nationally. Today it ranks #1514, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Gavri'el to Gavriel
The story of Gavriel
Gabriel appears in Daniel to interpret the visions, in Luke to announce the births of John and Jesus, and in Islamic tradition as Jibril, who brings the revelation to Muhammad. Hebrew kept Gavriel unchanged. Israeli and Jewish-American families use it directly rather than through the Latin form, and it appears in American records rising through the 2000s.
Meaning
God is my strength
From the Hebrew Gavri'el — gever, 'man' or 'strong man', and El, 'God'. It is read as 'God is my strength' or 'man of God'. The Hebrew is ordinary and the compound is undisputed. Gavriel is the direct transliteration; Gabriel is the Greek and Latin route.
How the name formed
- Gavri'el
- Gabriel
- Gavriel
Related forms: גבריאל · Gabriel · Jibril · Gavriil
Pronouncing Gavriel
gav-ree-EL
Three syllables, stress on the third. English Gabriel is GAY-bree-ul with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Gavriel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2025115 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1514reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +18.6%115 in 2025, from 97
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Gavriel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- גבריאל in Hebrew — transliteration
- Gabriel in English — related form
- Jibril in Arabic — related form
- Gavriil in Russian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, Florida.
Gavriels among us
people named Gavriel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 14,853 born in 2025 was named Gavriel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Mihir test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Gavriel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Mihir climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Mihir's path sketches the road Gavriel is walking now.
Gavriel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Gavriel is headed
Gavriel should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Gavriel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Gavriel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement and is undisputed.
- The same figure appears in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition, which is rare.
- Gavi is a warm and well-established short form.
- Gabriel is far commoner in English and will often be substituted.
- The stress placement differs sharply from the English form.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew rather than generally biblical.
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Frequently asked
- How many Gavriels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Gavriel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Gavriel in 2025?
- Gavriel ranks #1514 among US boy names in 2025, with 115 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Gavriel?
- About 1 in every 14,853 US boys born in 2025 was named Gavriel — 115 in all.
- Will my child share the name Gavriel with classmates?
- Gavriel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Gavriel
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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