Girls' name · since 1951
Gaal
Gaal has 17 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gaal is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 1951.
Social Security Administration records show Gaal recorded 17 times among girls since 1951, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1957.
- #47,710 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1951
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaal ranks #47,710 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1951, peaking in the 1950s.
- #47,710 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1951
- 1950s
- peak decade
Gaal's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gaal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gaal splits its recorded history at 1956: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1951 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gaal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1957
- Peak year (1951)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Gaal by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
1950s was Gaal's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Gaal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gaal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–1957 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gaal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.