Gathel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gathel

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Gathel between 1917 and 1940, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gathel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1940. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gathel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gathel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gathel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gathel 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 51 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.