Gal
Rank in 2025
#9457
recorded as girls
Up 1,665 since 2024
#12008
recorded as boys
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
Babies in 2025
15
girls 10 · boys 5
Peak year
2022
16 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
403
since 1947
Born a Gal? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gal was most popular in 2022, when 16 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Gal, ranking #9457 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 9457 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11122 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | 8486 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 16 | 6984 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 8024 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 14 | 7559 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 12448 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 12 | 8617 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 9 | 10689 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 14482 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16462 | 12 | 6226 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12187 | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12688 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 12 | 5159 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 14 | 4396 |
| 1995 | 14 | 6257 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11509 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
| 1989 | 6 | 10847 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 6 | 6426 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9825 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 8 | 4520 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 6 | 5325 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | 5040 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | 3714 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 5295 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 63% · boys 37% across all years