Gael
#510 most common boys' name of all time · #1,102 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1919–2025
Rank among boys
#510
Rank overall
#1,102 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
49,752
Since 2016
32,047
Peak year
2024 #89
Best rank
#86 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 3,879/yr
Gael first appears in 1919. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 3,860 | 3,866 | #86 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,872 | 3,879 | #89 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3,629 | 3,640 | #100 |
| 2022 | 13 | 3,509 | 3,522 | #104 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3,513 | 3,522 | #109 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3,262 | 3,271 | #112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,900 | 2,908 | #133 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,931 | 2,938 | #132 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2,239 | 2,245 | #178 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,248 | 2,256 | #178 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1,783 | 1,790 | #220 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1,809 | 1,815 | #213 |
| 2013 | 14 | 2,307 | 2,321 | #177 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,745 | 2,754 | #146 |
| 2011 | 5 | 690 | 695 | #410 |
| 2010 | — | 692 | 692 | #408 |
| 2009 | — | 1,003 | 1,003 | #319 |
| 2008 | 7 | 1,119 | 1,126 | #298 |
| 2007 | 6 | 1,168 | 1,174 | #296 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,026 | 1,040 | #314 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,102 | 1,113 | #297 |
| 2004 | 7 | 751 | 758 | #370 |
| 2003 | 7 | 443 | 450 | #527 |
| 2002 | — | 246 | 246 | #720 |
| 2001 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,289 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,375 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,534 |
| 1997 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,025 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,629 |
| 1995 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,013 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,976 |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,707 |
| 1992 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #3,652 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,162 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1967 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1961 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1959 | 19 | — | 19 | — |
| 1958 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | — | 19 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1954 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1953 | 24 | — | 24 | — |
| 1952 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #3,046 |
| 1951 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1950 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1949 | 21 | — | 21 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #3,248 |
| 1947 | 28 | 16 | 44 | #1,982 |
| 1946 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #3,122 |
| 1945 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 1944 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1943 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1942 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1941 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1940 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #3,084 |
| 1938 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #3,475 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,935 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,402 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,668 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,823 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,701 |