Girls' name · since 2000
Gali
Gali has 178 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
178 babies have been named Gali since 2000, making it today's #8162 girls' name.
Gali has 178 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8162 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #21,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,162 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gali ranks #21,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,162 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,162 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gali's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Gali compares
178 35th 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
Gali's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gali splits its recorded history at 2015: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gali popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Gali by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (67 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Gali's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Gali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 67 births (38% of all-time use).
Gali by state
Where Gali concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 178 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Galis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Gali: 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 (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Gali 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.