Gedalia — #10126 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gedalia

The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Gedalia between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gedalia currently holds the #10126 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gedalia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gedalia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gedalia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gedalia 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 114 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.