Gal**
#12,527 most common girls' name of all time · #20,753 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1947–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#12,527
Rank overall
#20,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
403
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1996 #10,786
Best rank
#3,984 1951
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Gal first appears in 1947. 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 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #9,574 |
| 2024 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,276 |
| 2023 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,568 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,048 |
| 2021 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,100 |
| 2020 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,632 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,660 |
| 2018 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,723 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,857 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,747 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #16,802 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,404 |
| 2001 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #9,476 |
| 2000 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #8,128 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,961 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #10,786 |
| 1995 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #6,350 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #13,851 |
| 1992 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #13,701 |
| 1991 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #11,825 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #11,183 |
| 1988 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #12,251 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,189 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,338 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,082 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,784 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,774 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,447 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,524 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,984 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,923 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,003 |