Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gala

#4,229 most common girls' name of all time · #7,195 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among girls
#4,229
Rank overall
#7,195 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
95 of 146
All-time
2,186
Since 2016
571
Peak year
1965 #1,058
Best rank
#1,058 1965
Girls Boys peak 99/yr
192019401960198020002020

Gala 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 71 — 71 #2,490
2024 82 — 82 #2,274
2023 70 — 70 #2,531
2022 60 — 60 #2,826
2021 46 — 46 #3,401
2020 45 — 45 #3,411
2019 51 — 51 #3,145
2018 39 — 39 #3,802
2017 52 — 52 #3,098
2016 55 — 55 #3,018
2015 47 — 47 #3,394
2014 41 — 41 #3,735
2013 67 — 67 #2,635
2012 65 — 65 #2,713
2011 24 — 24 #5,570
2010 19 — 19 #6,674
2009 16 — 16 #7,729
2008 13 — 13 #9,017
2007 13 — 13 #9,070
2006 11 — 11 #9,987
2005 12 — 12 #8,955
2004 16 — 16 #7,108
2003 8 — 8 #11,446
2002 7 — 7 #12,327
2001 16 — 16 #6,674
2000 8 — 8 #10,876
1999 13 — 13 #7,320
1998 10 — 10 #8,663
1997 8 — 8 #9,934
1996 10 — 10 #8,236
1995 11 — 11 #7,611
1994 13 — 13 #6,757
1993 11 — 11 #7,603
1992 5 — 5 #13,563
1991 6 — 6 #11,709
1990 6 — 6 #11,582
1989 7 — 7 #9,846
1988 5 — 5 #12,072
1987 12 — 12 #6,003
1986 7 — 7 #8,709
1985 10 — 10 #6,545
1983 8 — 8 #7,446
1982 12 — 12 #5,633
1981 5 — 5 #10,679
1978 7 — 7 #7,814
1977 19 — 19 #3,794
1976 14 — 14 #4,437
1975 14 — 14 #4,429
1974 15 — 15 #4,105
1973 22 — 22 #3,054
1972 29 — 29 #2,475
1971 26 — 26 #2,760
1970 36 — 36 #2,223
1969 47 — 47 #1,796
1968 51 — 51 #1,614
1967 36 — 36 #1,961
1966 66 — 66 #1,342
1965 99 — 99 #1,058
1964 32 — 32 #2,131
1963 14 — 14 #3,531
1962 27 — 27 #2,336
1961 18 — 18 #3,001
1960 27 — 27 #2,278
1959 20 — 20 #2,642
1958 26 — 26 #2,241
1957 28 — 28 #2,103
1956 35 — 35 #1,823
1955 25 — 25 #2,192
1954 32 — 32 #1,859
1953 23 — 23 #2,218
1952 15 — 15 #2,863
1951 27 — 27 #1,907
1950 16 — 16 #2,621
1949 17 — 17 #2,486
1948 18 — 18 #2,390
1947 17 — 17 #2,501
1946 14 — 14 #2,705
1945 13 — 13 #2,558
1944 12 — 12 #2,730
1943 13 — 13 #2,661
1942 14 — 14 #2,512
1941 11 — 11 #2,806
1940 10 — 10 #2,911
1939 15 — 15 #2,192
1938 7 — 7 #3,742
1937 7 — 7 #3,696
1936 5 — 5 #4,630
1935 9 — 9 #3,115
1934 7 — 7 #3,727
1931 11 — 11 #2,730
1929 6 — 6 #4,460
1927 5 — 5 #5,343
1926 5 — 5 #5,403
1923 5 — 5 #5,490
1919 6 — 6 #4,747