Girls' name · since 1973
Gaela
Gaela has 38 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,165 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Gaela since 1973, making it today's #11165 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Gaela recorded 38 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #11165 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #38,156 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,165 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaela ranks #38,156 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,165 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,156 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,165 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gaela's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Gaela compares
38 13th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gaela's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gaela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gaela's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Gaela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (33 births, 87% of the file).
2020s was Gaela's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Gaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 33 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Gaela 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.