girls:
648 births since 1984
#5068 (11th percentile)
boys:
579 births since 1980
#4007 (13th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1980
#6513 (16th percentile)
The name Abriel is the #6,513 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,227 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 15.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,068 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 648 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,007 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 579 births since 1980.
Abriel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Abriel is available in 40 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 33 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Abriel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Abriel were boys.
For girls, Abriel reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #820) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
For boys, Abriel reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #866) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abriel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #876 (3.8% percentile) with 22 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abriel".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Abriel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Abriel is pronounced as AY-bree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bree-uhl, at 23.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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