Gale**
#799 most common girls' name of all time · #1,445 across all names · 38% male / 62% female · used 1883–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#799
Rank overall
#1,445 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
32,343
Since 2016
110
Peak year
1957 #245
Best rank
#245 1957
Girls
Boys
peak 1,364/yr
Gale first appears in 1883. 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 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #15,253 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #12,496 |
| 2018 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #15,961 |
| 2016 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #14,629 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,868 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,866 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #15,085 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,733 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,159 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #13,579 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,556 |
| 1994 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #13,487 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1992 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #10,522 |
| 1991 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #8,625 |
| 1990 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #7,339 |
| 1989 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #8,080 |
| 1988 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #7,726 |
| 1987 | 14 | 9 | 23 | #5,347 |
| 1986 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #4,367 |
| 1985 | 21 | 11 | 32 | #3,864 |
| 1984 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #6,328 |
| 1983 | 25 | 11 | 36 | #3,252 |
| 1982 | 35 | 13 | 48 | #2,652 |
| 1981 | 19 | 27 | 46 | #4,022 |
| 1980 | 31 | 19 | 50 | #2,874 |
| 1979 | 27 | 19 | 46 | #3,086 |
| 1978 | 33 | 18 | 51 | #2,586 |
| 1977 | 36 | 20 | 56 | #2,425 |
| 1976 | 41 | 23 | 64 | #2,109 |
| 1975 | 56 | 31 | 87 | #1,692 |
| 1974 | 65 | 48 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 71 | 48 | 119 | #1,392 |
| 1972 | 96 | 38 | 134 | #1,142 |
| 1971 | 97 | 63 | 160 | #1,179 |
| 1970 | 128 | 53 | 181 | #979 |
| 1969 | 155 | 68 | 223 | #829 |
| 1968 | 160 | 54 | 214 | #792 |
| 1967 | 206 | 65 | 271 | #670 |
| 1966 | 234 | 65 | 299 | #622 |
| 1965 | 234 | 81 | 315 | #640 |
| 1964 | 290 | 89 | 379 | #582 |
| 1963 | 324 | 91 | 415 | #538 |
| 1962 | 329 | 94 | 423 | #539 |
| 1961 | 478 | 101 | 579 | #446 |
| 1960 | 587 | 129 | 716 | #393 |
| 1959 | 852 | 110 | 962 | #320 |
| 1958 | 1,052 | 136 | 1,188 | #272 |
| 1957 | 1,210 | 154 | 1,364 | #245 |
| 1956 | 1,077 | 193 | 1,270 | #255 |
| 1955 | 1,030 | 199 | 1,229 | #260 |
| 1954 | 1,015 | 254 | 1,269 | #259 |
| 1953 | 947 | 263 | 1,210 | #264 |
| 1952 | 820 | 324 | 1,144 | #283 |
| 1951 | 814 | 329 | 1,143 | #275 |
| 1950 | 662 | 333 | 995 | #301 |
| 1949 | 591 | 314 | 905 | #319 |
| 1948 | 601 | 349 | 950 | #315 |
| 1947 | 796 | 377 | 1,173 | #272 |
| 1946 | 566 | 305 | 871 | #310 |
| 1945 | 447 | 287 | 734 | #321 |
| 1944 | 382 | 283 | 665 | #354 |
| 1943 | 425 | 302 | 727 | #348 |
| 1942 | 365 | 298 | 663 | #369 |
| 1941 | 338 | 287 | 625 | #365 |
| 1940 | 389 | 307 | 696 | #323 |
| 1939 | 288 | 291 | 579 | #394 |
| 1938 | 152 | 292 | 444 | #556 |
| 1937 | 147 | 284 | 431 | #557 |
| 1936 | 122 | 250 | 372 | #598 |
| 1935 | 122 | 244 | 366 | #589 |
| 1934 | 78 | 262 | 340 | #761 |
| 1933 | 40 | 213 | 253 | #1,112 |
| 1932 | 42 | 224 | 266 | #1,107 |
| 1931 | 20 | 169 | 189 | #1,766 |
| 1930 | 29 | 199 | 228 | #1,441 |
| 1929 | 29 | 168 | 197 | #1,431 |
| 1928 | 36 | 181 | 217 | #1,278 |
| 1927 | 38 | 241 | 279 | #1,287 |
| 1926 | 38 | 192 | 230 | #1,266 |
| 1925 | 29 | 190 | 219 | #1,543 |
| 1924 | 27 | 243 | 270 | #1,650 |
| 1923 | 32 | 232 | 264 | #1,442 |
| 1922 | 26 | 180 | 206 | #1,656 |
| 1921 | 41 | 205 | 246 | #1,211 |
| 1920 | 35 | 176 | 211 | #1,328 |
| 1919 | 25 | 145 | 170 | #1,619 |
| 1918 | 22 | 155 | 177 | #1,772 |
| 1917 | 20 | 123 | 143 | #1,791 |
| 1916 | 26 | 114 | 140 | #1,453 |
| 1915 | 23 | 104 | 127 | #1,546 |
| 1914 | 17 | 89 | 106 | #1,623 |
| 1913 | 8 | 59 | 67 | #2,357 |
| 1912 | 9 | 42 | 51 | #2,019 |
| 1911 | 11 | 22 | 33 | #1,489 |
| 1910 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #1,981 |
| 1909 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #1,671 |
| 1908 | 9 | 19 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1907 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #1,594 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #1,270 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1897 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #1,446 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,642 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #1,502 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1887 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | — |