girls:
19.9k births since 1893
#1035 (82nd percentile)
boys:
12.4k births since 1883
#1035 (77th percentile)
overall:
32.3k births since 1883
#1413 (82nd percentile)
The name Gale is the #1,413 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,316 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 81.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,035 (81.9% percentile) for all time with 19,906 births since 1893. For boys, it ranks #1,035 (77.4% percentile) for all time with 12,410 births since 1883.
Gale first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 1893 for girls). Birth data for Gale is available in 126 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (121 years for boys and 102 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Gale has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (61.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 25.0% of babies named Gale were girls.
For girls, Gale reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 68.7% percentile (ranked #241) with 577 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 577 births per million (ranked 68.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gale ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 0.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Gale reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 45.0% percentile (ranked #329) with 203 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 260 births per million (ranked 43.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Gale ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 3.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gale".
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