Gale Name Popularity

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How popular is Gale?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Gale is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #245 in 1957 with 1,209 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Gale was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1913-1916, 1917-1921, 1929-1940, 1941-1947, and 1950-1957, the name Gale took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1957-1981.

Sometimes the name Gale has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Gale's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Gale for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gale?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Gale is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gale has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gale (Girl)		Gale (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	14	6,100
2017		5	16,652	10	7,743
2016		< 5	--	8	9,106
2015		< 5	--	8	8,998
2014		< 5	--	9	8,349
2013		6	15,230	8	9,053
2012		< 5	--	< 5	--
2011		6	15,457	< 5	--
2010		< 5	--	< 5	--
2009		< 5	--	< 5	--
2008		< 5	--	5	13,164
2007		< 5	--	7	10,122
2006		< 5	--	< 5	--
2005		8	12,202	5	12,022
2004		< 5	--	< 5	--
2003		< 5	--	7	8,972
2002		< 5	--	5	11,255
2001		< 5	--	< 5	--
2000		5	15,858	8	7,689
1999		6	13,239	< 5	--
1998		8	10,435	< 5	--
1997		< 5	--	6	8,518
1996		5	14,244	6	8,284
1995		7	10,896	< 5	--
1994		5	14,168	10	5,595
1993		< 5	--	13	4,538
1992		7	10,858	8	6,323
1991		9	8,830	10	5,227
1990		11	7,479	8	6,022
1989		9	8,258	13	4,111
1988		9	7,914	9	4,923
1987		14	5,392	9	4,683
1986		18	4,416	7	5,528
1985		21	3,895	11	3,887
1984		10	6,443	15	3,003
1983		25	3,267	11	3,702
1982		35	2,659	13	3,354
1981		19	4,048	27	2,010
1980		31	2,890	19	2,567
1979		27	3,095	19	2,494
1978		32	2,644	18	2,510
1977		36	2,436	20	2,298
1976		41	2,111	23	2,073
1975		57	1,677	31	1,640
1974		65	1,502	48	1,203
1973		71	1,390	48	1,191
1972		96	1,141	38	1,371
1971		97	1,181	63	1,029
1970		128	982	53	1,136
1969		155	828	68	930
1968		160	792	54	1,008
1967		206	669	65	894
1966		234	621	65	899
1965		234	640	81	821
1964		290	582	89	800
1963		324	538	91	798
1962		329	539	94	784
1961		478	446	100	771
1960		587	393	130	690
1959		852	320	110	730
1958		1,052	271	135	661
1957		1,209	245	154	618
1956		1,078	254	193	543
1955		1,030	260	198	519
1954		1,015	259	253	454
1953		947	264	265	438
1952		820	283	324	381
1951		814	275	329	375
1950		662	301	333	372
1949		591	319	314	381
1948		600	316	349	361
1947		796	272	377	352
1946		566	310	305	372
1945		447	321	287	351
1944		383	352	283	355
1943		425	348	303	351
1942		365	369	298	352
1941		339	364	287	341
1940		388	323	307	323
1939		288	394	291	321
1938		152	553	292	324
1937		147	556	284	322
1936		122	597	250	345
1935		122	587	244	351
1934		78	757	262	336
1933		40	1,105	213	372
1932		42	1,101	224	372
1931		20	1,765	169	435
1930		29	1,444	199	419
1929		29	1,428	168	456
1928		36	1,275	181	447
1927		38	1,286	241	381
1926		38	1,270	192	437
1925		29	1,547	190	436
1924		27	1,655	243	384
1923		32	1,438	232	390
1922		26	1,656	180	463
1921		41	1,210	205	423
1920		35	1,325	176	457
1919		25	1,620	145	494
1918		22	1,775	155	475
1917		20	1,799	123	521
1916		26	1,459	114	538
1915		23	1,541	104	552
1914		17	1,622	89	520
1913		8	2,413	59	568
1912		9	2,039	42	653
1911		11	1,489	22	677
1910		7	2,009	12	948
1909		8	1,655	22	561
1908		9	1,474	19	599
1907		< 5	--	15	679
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
1905		7	1,591	11	761
1904		< 5	--	6	1,120
1903		< 5	--	12	671
1902		< 5	--	9	815
1901		< 5	--	11	653
1900		10	1,262	10	865
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
1898		< 5	--	6	1,053
1897		6	1,441	13	591
1896		5	1,672	< 5	--
1895		< 5	--	6	1,017
1894		< 5	--	12	603
1893		5	1,509	11	628
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		< 5	--	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	5	1,057
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	5	1,090
1887		< 5	--	6	861
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	5	949
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.