Gale was the #6,446 boys' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies).
Gale as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#6,446 (13)
2024
#6,469 (13)
2023
#5,927 (15)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2020
#9,554 (7)
2019
#9,756 (7)
2018
#6,036 (14)
2017
#7,546 (10)
2016
#8,816 (8)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#8,130 (9)
2013
#8,789 (8)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2007
#9,788 (7)
2005
#11,472 (5)
Gale as a girl’s name
US
Scotland
Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Scotland
Ireland
2023
#15,194 (5)
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2019
#12,448 (7)
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2017
#15,902 (5)
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2013
#14,582 (6)
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2011
#14,824 (6)
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2005
#11,834 (8)
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2000
#15,031 (5)
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1999
#12,688 (6)
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1998
#10,122 (8)
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1996
#13,518 (5)
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1995
#10,514 (7)
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1994
#13,430 (5)
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1992
#10,479 (7)
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1991
#8,588 (9)
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1990
#7,303 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1937 at #322.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1883.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
In 2023, 25% of US babies named Gale were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.