Total births
17
Recorded 1951–1957 Girls' name Peak 1951 17 births
Gaal — girls' name
17 babies named Gaal in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
1950s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Gaal was born in this single decade.
1951
Single peak year
6 babies were named Gaal in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaal
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Gaal between 1951 and 1957, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1957. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gaal at a glance
Last recorded 1957Peak year
1951
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1951
Gaal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–1951
- Peak year (1951)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Gaal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Gaal's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Gaal? ▼
17 babies have been named Gaal since 1951. It was last recorded in 1957. The peak year was 1951 with 6 births.
When was Gaal most popular? ▼
Gaal was most popular in the 1950s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1951.
How long has the name Gaal been used? ▼
Gaal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1951, spanning 7 years of data through 1957.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.