Gale
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 61.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 1,210 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,906since 1893
Gale over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | #6,036 | 14 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #1,689 | 56 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 | #1,186 | 48 |
| 1972 | #1,141 | 96 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #1,176 | 97 | #1,026 | 63 |
| 1970 | #979 | 128 | #1,132 | 53 |
| 1969 | #826 | 155 | #920 | 68 |
| 1968 | #791 | 160 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | #669 | 206 | #893 | 65 |
| 1966 | #621 | 234 | #895 | 65 |
| 1965 | #640 | 234 | #820 | 81 |
| 1964 | #581 | 290 | #799 | 89 |
| 1963 | #538 | 324 | #795 | 91 |
| 1962 | #539 | 329 | #786 | 94 |
| 1961 | #446 | 478 | #769 | 101 |
| 1960 | #393 | 587 | #691 | 129 |
| 1959 | #319 | 852 | #730 | 110 |
| 1958 | #272 | 1,052 | #660 | 136 |
| 1957 | #244 | 1,210 | #619 | 154 |
| 1956 | #255 | 1,077 | #543 | 193 |
| 1955 | #260 | 1,030 | #517 | 199 |
| 1954 | #259 | 1,015 | #453 | 254 |
| 1953 | #264 | 947 | #438 | 263 |
| 1952 | #283 | 820 | #381 | 324 |
| 1951 | #275 | 814 | #375 | 329 |
| 1950 | #301 | 662 | #372 | 333 |
| 1949 | #319 | 591 | #380 | 314 |
| 1948 | #314 | 601 | #361 | 349 |
| 1947 | #271 | 796 | #352 | 377 |
| 1946 | #310 | 566 | #370 | 305 |
| 1945 | #321 | 447 | #351 | 287 |
| 1944 | #353 | 382 | #354 | 283 |
| 1943 | #348 | 425 | #351 | 302 |
| 1942 | #369 | 365 | #351 | 298 |
| 1941 | #365 | 338 | #341 | 287 |
| 1940 | #323 | 389 | #323 | 307 |
| 1939 | #392 | 288 | #321 | 291 |
| 1938 | #552 | 152 | #324 | 292 |
| 1937 | #556 | 147 | #322 | 284 |
| 1936 | #597 | 122 | #344 | 250 |
| 1935 | #587 | 122 | #351 | 244 |
| 1934 | #756 | 78 | #336 | 262 |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | #372 | 213 |
| 1932 | #1,097 | 42 | #372 | 224 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #435 | 169 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 | #418 | 199 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 | #456 | 168 |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | #445 | 181 |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | #380 | 241 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 | #436 | 192 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 | #433 | 190 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | #384 | 243 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | #390 | 232 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 | #461 | 180 |
| 1921 | #1,205 | 41 | #422 | 205 |
| 1920 | #1,312 | 35 | #457 | 176 |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | #494 | 145 |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | #474 | 155 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #521 | 123 |
| 1916 | #1,445 | 26 | #537 | 114 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #550 | 104 |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | #520 | 89 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | #564 | 59 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | #649 | 42 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #667 | 22 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | #558 | 22 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #615 | 11 |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gale! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gale
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 346 spots in 1934 (#1,102 → #756)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1971 (#979 → #1,176)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1957 at #244 (1,210 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1934–1970
- Highest: 1 in 1,690 girls born in 1957 were named Gale (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 47.6% of all girls named Gale (9,479) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 16 | #1,385 (1897) | #1,468 |
| 1900s | 34 | #1,231 (1900) | #1,454 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,445 (1916) | #1,740 |
| 1920s | 331 | #1,205 (1921) | #1,400 |
| 1930s | 1,040 | #392 (1939) | #882 |
| 1940s | 4,900 | #271 (1947) | #329 |
| 1950s | 9,479 | #244 (1957) | #273 |
| 1960s | 2,997 | #393 (1960) | #604 |
| 1970s | 650 | #979 (1970) | #1,804 |
| 1980s | 191 | #2,645 (1982) | #4,829 |
| 1990s | 58 | #7,303 (1990) | #10,830 |
| 2000s | 13 | #11,834 (2005) | #13,433 |
| 2010s | 24 | #12,448 (2019) | #14,439 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gale in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 1,913 of them was named Gale, which outranked 96.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 8,027 of them was named Gale, which outranked 89.6% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #450Elliott258
- #451Thaddeus256
- #452Wilfred255
- #453Gale254
- #453Elijah254
- #453Linwood254
- #456Jamie253
- #457Reed252
- #457Sterling252
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.