Gael
Gael is ranked 89th among boys in 2024 (3,855 births). Its best rank was 89th, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #89up 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,8550.22% of boys
- Peak year
- 20243,855 births
- Best rank
- #89in 2024
- Since 1919
- 45,199people given the name
The story in the numbers
45,199 boys have been named Gael in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 3,855 births — 0.22% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 45%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Gael was the 89th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Gael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zamaripeak 2021
- Zephyrpeak 2022
- Vedpeak 2024
- Veerpeak 2023
- Ayanpeak 2023
- Elyaspeak 2024
- Adlerpeak 2021
- Asherpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.