Gael — #89 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gael

The Social Security Administration has registered 45,199 babies named Gael between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gael currently holds the #89 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 3,855 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gael performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20,344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,609 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gael in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gael 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 45,199 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.