Girls' name · since 1981
Gaelle
Gaelle has 504 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 504
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gaelle is the #5296 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 504 recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaelle has been recorded 504 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #5296 nationally and more common than 69% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #11,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,296 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 504 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaelle ranks #11,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,296 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 504 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,296 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 504
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gaelle's 504 recorded births place it above 83.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Gaelle compares
504 Top 45% higher than 55% of 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
Gaelle's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gaelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 504 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gaelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gaelle's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gaelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Gaelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (149 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Gaelle's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Gaelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s
2000s
139 births
- 2010s
2010s
149 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 149 births (30% of all-time use).
How Gaelle compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gaelle's total volume
Gaelle by state
Where Gaelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
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What to do with Gaelle's data
- Gaelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (149 total births) through the 2020s (90) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Gaelles (94 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gaelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Gaelle 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.