How popular is the baby name Gabriel in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Gabriel.

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Popularity of the baby name Gabriel


Posts that mention the name Gabriel

Baby name story: Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramaphone

John Paul Getty II and Talitha Pol on their wedding day in Rome (Dec. 1966)
John Paul Getty II and Talitha Pol

Most of us have heard of J. Paul Getty, who was one of the wealthiest people in America during his lifetime. But most of us have probably not heard that one of his grandchildren was named “Gramaphone” (a misspelling of gramophone).

This particular grandchild was the son of Eugene Paul Getty, who later went by John Paul Getty II, and his second wife, Dutch fashion model and socialite Talitha Pol. (They married in late 1966; you can see a corresponding uptick in the usage of the name Talitha the following year.)

The couple were the toast of Europe’s glamour-hippie set, jetting to exotic spots with the likes of Mick Jagger. “J. P. II’s whole young-adult life,” says [family friend Stuart] Evey, “was Marrakech and the Rolling Stones.”

To French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, the pair epitomized “the youthfulness of the sixties”:

Talitha and Paul Getty lying on a starlit terrace in Marrakesh, beautiful and damned, and a whole generation assembled as if for eternity where the curtain of the past seemed to lift before an extraordinary future.

In 1968, Paul and Talitha couple welcomed their only child, a son.

They named him Tara Gabriel Gramaphone Galaxy Getty.

In 1971, Talitha died of a heroin overdose. Her death occurred “in the 12-month period that also saw the deaths of Edie Sedgwick, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin.”

(Tragedy struck John Paul II’s family again in 1973 when his eldest son, John Paul III, was kidnapped by the Calabrian mafia.)

Tara Gabriel Galaxy Gramaphone Getty has long since dropped both “Gramaphone” and “Galaxy” from his full name.

Today, he and his wife Jessica live in South Africa on the Phinda Game Reserve. They have three kids named Orlando, Caspar, and Talitha.

Update, Aug. 16th: In 1976, Keith Richards (of The Rolling Stones) and model Anita Pallenberg welcomed a son they named Tara in honor of late friend (and Guinness heir) Tara Browne, who’d died in 1966. Paul and Talitha had been part of the same social set during the ’60s…was their son named with Tara Browne in mind as well?

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Image: Adapted from Wedding of John Paul Getty Jr. and Talitha Pol (Rome, 1966) (public domain)

Popular baby names in Switzerland, 2012

Flag of Switzerland
Flag of Switzerland

Switzerland recently released not one but three lists of popular baby names.

Impressive.

According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the top baby names in Switzerland last year were:

  • Gabriel and Emma among the French-speakers,
  • Noah and Mia among the German-speakers, and
  • Gabriel and Sofia among the Italian-speakers.

Here are more of the most popular baby names of 2012 within each language group:

French

Top Girl NamesTop Boy Names
1. Emma (126 baby girls)
2. Léa (102)
3. Chloé (97)
4. Zoé (94)
5. Lara (89)
6. Eva (81)
7. Charlotte (75)
7. Clara (75)		1. Gabriel (129 baby boys)
2. Luca (113)
3. Thomas (113)
4. Noah (104)
5. Nathan (100)
6. Lucas (99)
7. Samuel (98)
8. Théo (94)

German

Top Girl NamesTop Boy Names
1. Mia (307 baby girls)
2. Alina (301)
3. Laura (269)
4. Julia (259)
5. Anna (258)
6. Emma (252)
7. Leonie (250)
8. Lena (248)		1. Noah (338 baby boys)
2. Luca (333)
3. David (283)
4. Leon (277)
5. Leandro (254)
6. Nico (252)
7. Levin (247)
8. Julian (231)

Italian

Top Girl NamesTop Boy Names
1. Sofia (34 baby girls)
2. Alice (32)
3. Emma (24)
4. Elisa (23)
4. Giulia (23)
4. Martina (23)
7. Giada (19)
7. Giorgia (19)		1. Gabriel (36 baby boys)
2. Alessandro (34)
3. Leonardo (32)
4. Matteo (31)
5. Nathan (30)
6. Samuele (25)
7. Elia (24)
8. Samuel (19)

I haven’t yet seen any 2012 data for the Romansh-speakers, but I hope to, so I’ll be on the lookout.

Here are Switzerland’s most popular baby names of 2007 if you’d like to compare.

Sources: Swiss Statistics – The most popular first names, Most popular baby names listed

Image: Adapted from Flag of Switzerland (public domain)

Popular baby names in Nebraska, 2012

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Flag of Nebraska

Nebraska’s getting in on the action a bit late this year, but I’ll post their list anyway.

According to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, Nebraska’s top baby names in 2012 were Emma and Liam.

Here are the top 20+ girl names and top 20 boy names of 2012:

Girl Names

  1. Emma, 157 babies
  2. Olivia, 138
  3. Sophia, 129
  4. Harper, 106
  5. Ava, 89
  6. Ella, 76
  7. Avery, 73
  8. Isabella, 69
  9. Addison, 67 (3-way tie)
  10. Emily, 67 (3-way tie)
  11. Lillian, 67 (3-way tie)
  12. Charlotte, 64
  13. Elizabeth, 63
  14. Evelyn, 61 (3-way tie)
  15. Grace, 61 (3-way tie)
  16. Mia, 61 (3-way tie)
  17. Lily, 59
  18. Brooklyn, 58 (tie)
  19. Zoey, 58 (tie)
  20. Amelia, 57 (tie)
  21. Madison, 57 (tie)

Boy Names

  1. Liam, 153 babies
  2. William, 134
  3. Mason, 123
  4. Jackson, 114
  5. Owen, 106
  6. Noah, 99 (tie)
  7. Benjamin, 99 (tie)
  8. Samuel, 98
  9. Jacob, 96
  10. Logan, 94
  11. Carter, 92
  12. Elijah, 90
  13. Ethan, 85
  14. James, 84
  15. Gabriel, 82
  16. Wyatt, 78 (tie)
  17. Henry, 78 (tie)
  18. Aiden, 77
  19. Joseph, 75
  20. Easton, 74

Sources: Vital Statistics – Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Liam, Emma top list of baby names in 2012

Image: Adapted from Flag of Nebraska (public domain)

Most popular boy names, letter by letter (2012)

letterpress letters

Yesterday we looked the most popular girl names letter by letter, so today let’s do the same with the boy names.

Top 20 A-Names for Boys

1. Alexander
2. Aiden
3. Anthony
4. Andrew
5. Aaron
6. Angel
7. Austin
8. Adrian
9. Ayden
10. Adam
11. Alex
12. Asher
13. Aidan
14. Antonio
15. Ashton
16. Alejandro
17. Axel
18. Alan
19. Avery
20. Andres

See all A-names for boys.

Top 20 B-Names for Boys

1. Benjamin
2. Brayden
3. Brandon
4. Blake
5. Bentley
6. Brody
7. Bryson
8. Bryce
9. Bryan
10. Braxton
11. Brady
12. Brian
13. Brantley
14. Bradley
15. Bennett
16. Braylon
17. Brendan
18. Braden
19. Beau
20. Beckett

See all B-names for boys.

Top 20 C-Names for Boys

1. Christopher
2. Caleb
3. Christian
4. Carter
5. Cameron
6. Connor
7. Charles
8. Colton
9. Chase
10. Cooper
11. Carson
12. Carlos
13. Cole
14. Colin
15. Caden
16. Camden
17. Cayden
18. Cody
19. Calvin
20. Collin

See all C-names for boys.

Top 20 D-Names for Boys

1. Daniel
2. David
3. Dylan
4. Dominic
5. Damian
6. Diego
7. Declan
8. Devin
9. Derek
10. Damien
11. Drake
12. Dean
13. Dominick
14. Donovan
15. Dante
16. Drew
17. Dalton
18. Derrick
19. Dawson
20. Dallas

See all D-names for boys.

Top 20 E-Names for Boys

1. Ethan
2. Elijah
3. Eli
4. Evan
5. Easton
6. Eric
7. Elias
8. Edward
9. Emmanuel
10. Ezra
11. Emmett
12. Ezekiel
13. Eduardo
14. Everett
15. Erick
16. Elliot
17. Edgar
18. Edwin
19. Elliott
20. Erik

See all E-names for boys.

Top 20 F-Names for Boys

1. Francisco
2. Fernando
3. Finn
4. Fabian
5. Felix
6. Frank
7. Finnegan
8. Franklin
9. Frederick
10. Finley
11. Francis
12. Felipe
13. Flynn
14. Fletcher
15. Fisher
16. Frankie
17. Freddy
18. Franco
19. Foster
20. Ford

See all F-names for boys.

Top 20 G-Names for Boys

1. Gabriel
2. Gavin
3. Grayson
4. Giovanni
5. Gael
6. Grant
7. George
8. Gage
9. Greyson
10. Garrett
11. Graham
12. Griffin
13. Gregory
14. Gunner
15. Grady
16. Gerardo
17. Gideon
18. Gustavo
19. Gianni
20. Gunnar

See all G-names for boys.

Top 20 H-Names for Boys

1. Henry
2. Hunter
3. Hudson
4. Hayden
5. Harrison
6. Hector
7. Holden
8. Hugo
9. Harper
10. Harley
11. Hamza
12. Hank
13. Hayes
14. Harry
15. Harvey
16. Hezekiah
17. Harold
18. Hendrix
19. Hassan
20. Heath

See all H-names for boys.

Top 20 I-Names for Boys

1. Isaac
2. Isaiah
3. Ian
4. Ivan
5. Iker
6. Israel
7. Ismael
8. Izaiah
9. Issac
10. Ibrahim
11. Isaias
12. Isiah
13. Izayah
14. Ishaan
15. Isai
16. Ignacio
17. Immanuel
18. Irvin
19. Isaak
20. Ira

See all I-names for boys.

Top 20 J-Names for Boys

1. Jacob
2. Jayden
3. James
4. Joshua
5. Joseph
6. Jackson
7. John
8. Jonathan
9. Jack
10. Jordan
11. Jeremiah
12. Julian
13. Jaxon
14. Jose
15. Justin
16. Jason
17. Josiah
18. Jace
19. Juan
20. Jesus

See all J-names for boys.

Top 20 K-Names for Boys

1. Kevin
2. Kayden
3. Kaleb
4. Kyle
5. Kaden
6. Kaiden
7. Kenneth
8. Kai
9. Kingston
10. Keegan
11. King
12. Kyler
13. Kameron
14. Kellen
15. Karter
16. Keith
17. Karson
18. Knox
19. Kellan
20. Kolton

See all K-names for boys.

Top 20 L-Names for Boys

1. Liam
2. Logan
3. Lucas
4. Landon
5. Luke
6. Levi
7. Luis
8. Lincoln
9. Leo
10. Leonardo
11. Luca
12. Lukas
13. Landen
14. Lane
15. Lorenzo
16. Louis
17. Leland
18. Leon
19. Landyn
20. Larry

See all L-names for boys.

Top 20 M-Names for Boys

1. Mason
2. Michael
3. Matthew
4. Micah
5. Max
6. Miles
7. Maxwell
8. Miguel
9. Mateo
10. Marcus
11. Maddox
12. Malachi
13. Mark
14. Maximus
15. Myles
16. Manuel
17. Mario
18. Martin
19. Marco
20. Maximiliano

See all M-names for boys.

Top 20 N-Names for Boys

1. Noah
2. Nathan
3. Nicholas
4. Nathaniel
5. Nolan
6. Nicolas
7. Nehemiah
8. Noel
9. Nikolas
10. Nash
11. Nico
12. Nelson
13. Nasir
14. Nickolas
15. Nathanael
16. Noe
17. Nikolai
18. Neil
19. Nixon
20. Niko

See all N-names for boys.

Top 20 O-Names for Boys

1. Owen
2. Oliver
3. Oscar
4. Omar
5. Orion
6. Orlando
7. Odin
8. Omari
9. Osvaldo
10. Otto
11. Oakley
12. Otis
13. Octavio
14. Oskar
15. Oren
16. Om
17. Obed
18. Oziel
19. Oswaldo
20. Osmar

See all O-names for boys.

Top 20 P-Names for Boys

1. Parker
2. Preston
3. Patrick
4. Peyton
5. Paul
6. Peter
7. Paxton
8. Pedro
9. Phillip
10. Pablo
11. Phoenix
12. Philip
13. Porter
14. Prince
15. Payton
16. Pierce
17. Princeton
18. Pierre
19. Pranav
20. Perry

See all P-names for boys.

Top 20 Q-Names for Boys

1. Quinn
2. Quentin
3. Quinton
4. Quincy
5. Quintin
6. Quinten
7. Quinlan
8. Quin
9. Quincey
10. Quadir
11. Quran
12. Quan
13. Quintus
14. Qasim
15. Quade
16. Quintyn
17. Quenton
18. Qais
19. Quaid
20. Quintrell

See all Q-names for boys.

Top 20 R-Names for Boys

1. Ryan
2. Robert
3. Ryder
4. Richard
5. Riley
6. Roman
7. Rylan
8. Ryker
9. Ricardo
10. Raymond
11. Rafael
12. Reid
13. Rowan
14. Roberto
15. Romeo
16. Ruben
17. Reed
18. Ronald
19. Raul
20. River

See all R-names for boys.

Top 20 S-Names for Boys

1. Samuel
2. Sebastian
3. Steven
4. Santiago
5. Sean
6. Sawyer
7. Silas
8. Seth
9. Stephen
10. Spencer
11. Shane
12. Simon
13. Shawn
14. Sergio
15. Skyler
16. Scott
17. Saul
18. Solomon
19. Sullivan
20. Sam

See all S-names for boys.

Top 20 T-Names for Boys

1. Tyler
2. Thomas
3. Tristan
4. Timothy
5. Tanner
6. Tucker
7. Theodore
8. Trevor
9. Travis
10. Trenton
11. Troy
12. Tyson
13. Taylor
14. Ty
15. Tristen
16. Titus
17. Trent
18. Tate
19. Trey
20. Tony

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Top 20 U-Names for Boys

1. Uriel
2. Uriah
3. Urijah
4. Ulises
5. Ulysses
6. Unknown [not a name; used when the name is unknown]
7. Umar
8. Uziel
9. Usher
10. Uzziah
11. Urban
12. Ulices
13. Uzair
14. Ulisses
15. Usman
16. Ubaldo
17. Uriyah
18. Uri
19. Uzziel
20. Ulyses

See all U-names for boys.

Top 20 V-Names for Boys

1. Vincent
2. Victor
3. Vihaan
4. Vicente
5. Vincenzo
6. Valentino
7. Vance
8. Van
9. Vaughn
10. Valentin
11. Vivaan
12. Vince
13. Vladimir
14. Veer
15. Viktor
16. Vernon
17. Vito
18. Varun
19. Vander
20. Vedant

See all V-names for boys.

Top 20 W-Names for Boys

1. William
2. Wyatt
3. Wesley
4. Weston
5. Waylon
6. Walter
7. Walker
8. Warren
9. Wade
10. Wilson
11. Winston
12. Willie
13. Will
14. Westin
15. Wayne
16. Westley
17. Wiley
18. Westyn
19. Wallace
20. Wes

See all W-names for boys.

Top 20 X-Names for Boys

1. Xavier
2. Xander
3. Xzavier
4. Xavi
5. Xavion
6. Xaiden
7. Xavian
8. Xavior
9. Xayden
10. Xavien
11. Xzavion
12. Xzander
13. Xadrian
14. Xzavior
15. Xaiver
16. Xzayvier
17. Xaden
18. Xaviar
19. Xion*
20. Xyler*

*Xion and Xyler are actually in a 3-way tie with #21, Xzavian.

See all X-names for boys.

Top 20 Y-Names for Boys

1. Yahir
2. Yusuf
3. Yosef
4. Yael
5. Yousef
6. Yehuda
7. Yandel
8. Yadiel
9. Yisroel
10. Yair
11. Yahya
12. Youssef
13. Yaakov
14. Yeshua
15. Yitzchok
16. Yaseen
17. Yariel
18. Yerik
19. Yash
20. Yoel

See all Y-names for boys.

Top 20 Z-Names for Boys

1. Zachary
2. Zane
3. Zayden
4. Zion
5. Zander
6. Zaiden
7. Zachariah
8. Zackary
9. Zayne
10. Zechariah
11. Zain
12. Zavier
13. Zeke
14. Zaid
15. Zaire
16. Zachery
17. Zackery
18. Zaden
19. Zack
20. Zyaire

See all Z-names for boys.

Image: Adapted from Wood letterpress type at Washington University in St. Louis in 2011 by Michellecornelison under CC BY-SA 4.0.