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.

Gamaliel

#3,184 most common boys' name of all time · #7,724 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1921–2025

Rank among boys
#3,184
Rank overall
#7,724 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
72 of 146
All-time
1,950
Since 2016
373
Peak year
2004 #2,111
Best rank
#1,812 1979
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
19401960198020002020

Gamaliel first appears in 1921. 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 — 37 37 #3,192
2024 — 32 32 #3,543
2023 — 45 45 #2,814
2022 — 36 36 #3,293
2021 — 34 34 #3,373
2020 — 24 24 #4,160
2019 — 43 43 #2,866
2018 — 39 39 #3,017
2017 — 39 39 #3,017
2016 — 44 44 #2,735
2015 — 40 40 #2,926
2014 — 41 41 #2,855
2013 — 36 36 #3,077
2012 — 35 35 #3,187
2011 — 33 33 #3,320
2010 — 45 45 #2,695
2009 — 46 46 #2,674
2008 — 47 47 #2,645
2007 — 43 43 #2,781
2006 — 51 51 #2,415
2005 — 53 53 #2,249
2004 — 56 56 #2,111
2003 — 48 48 #2,245
2002 — 45 45 #2,306
2001 — 51 51 #2,061
2000 — 45 45 #2,201
1999 — 44 44 #2,147
1998 — 34 34 #2,522
1997 — 41 41 #2,134
1996 — 25 25 #2,941
1995 — 29 29 #2,570
1994 — 26 26 #2,793
1993 — 30 30 #2,471
1992 — 33 33 #2,268
1991 — 30 30 #2,369
1990 — 38 38 #1,985
1989 — 30 30 #2,269
1988 — 23 23 #2,555
1987 — 22 22 #2,510
1986 — 26 26 #2,186
1985 — 20 20 #2,544
1984 — 29 29 #1,908
1983 — 24 24 #2,179
1982 — 23 23 #2,233
1981 — 21 21 #2,373
1980 — 21 21 #2,406
1979 — 31 31 #1,812
1978 — 24 24 #2,037
1977 — 24 24 #2,041
1976 — 25 25 #1,973
1975 — 16 16 #2,591
1974 — 11 11 #3,212
1973 — 13 13 #2,790
1972 — 20 20 #2,051
1971 — 14 14 #2,628
1970 — 10 10 #3,190
1969 — 12 12 #2,636
1968 — 5 5 #4,442
1965 — 9 9 #2,910
1964 — 8 8 #3,203
1962 — 5 5 #4,363
1961 — 7 7 #3,540
1960 — 7 7 #3,548
1959 — 6 6 #3,854
1958 — 8 8 #3,206
1957 — 5 5 #4,327
1956 — 5 5 #4,254
1954 — 6 6 #3,711
1949 — 5 5 #4,056
1933 — 6 6 #3,599
1924 — 5 5 #4,821
1921 — 6 6 #4,282