Gael
Rank in 2025
#13208
recorded as girls
#86
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
3,866
girls 6 · boys 3,860
Peak year
2025
3,860 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
49,752
since 1919
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gael was most popular in 2025, when 3,860 babies recorded as boys got the name (2.3 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,860 babies were named Gael, ranking #86 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 29%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 13208 | 3,860 | 86 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12161 | 3,872 | 89 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8989 | 3,629 | 100 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8032 | 3,509 | 104 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10292 | 3,513 | 109 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10250 | 3,262 | 112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | 2,900 | 133 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | 2,931 | 132 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14124 | 2,239 | 178 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11781 | 2,248 | 178 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | 1,783 | 220 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | 1,809 | 213 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8135 | 2,307 | 177 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11257 | 2,745 | 146 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | 690 | 410 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 692 | 408 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 1,003 | 318 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | 1,119 | 298 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | 1,168 | 296 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8237 | 1,026 | 314 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9452 | 1,102 | 297 |
| 2004 | 7 | 12761 | 751 | 370 |
| 2003 | 7 | 12408 | 443 | 526 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 246 | 719 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 47 | 2185 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 6 | 9112 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 12 | 5317 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 12 | 4960 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 10 | 5535 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 9 | 5928 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 17 | 3661 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 17 | 3604 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
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| 1972 | 7 | 6558 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 6 | 7070 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 8 | 5456 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 6 | 6246 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 12 | 3845 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 6539 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 7 | 5474 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 13 | 3635 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 10 | 4263 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 9 | 4546 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 8 | 4773 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 19 | 2678 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 10 | 3925 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | 3696 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 19 | 2622 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 12 | 3377 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 17 | 2695 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 24 | 2122 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 18 | 2502 | 8 | 2875 |
| 1951 | 14 | 2810 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 15 | 2652 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 21 | 2134 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | 2329 | 7 | 3010 |
| 1947 | 28 | 1822 | 16 | 1916 |
| 1946 | 15 | 2482 | 7 | 2919 |
| 1945 | 25 | 1660 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 14 | 2401 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 15 | 2352 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 15 | 2311 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 18 | 1954 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 10 | 2737 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 15 | 2125 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2940 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1937 | 18 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 9 | 2857 | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 5 | 4168 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years