Boys' name · since 1999
Gedalya
209 babies named Gedalya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,680 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,015 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gedalya currently ranks #6015 among boys' names in America, with 209 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Gedalya recorded 209 times among boys since 1999, holding rank #6015 nationally today, ahead of 57% of boys, 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 1999 to 2025.
- #12,680 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,015 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gedalya ranks #12,680 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,015 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 209 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,680 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,015 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Gedalya's 209 recorded births place it above 72.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Gedalya compares
209 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Gedalya's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gedalya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Gedalya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gedalya's full recorded timeline at 2014, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gedalya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Gedalya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (80 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Gedalya's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Gedalya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (38% of all-time use).
Gedalya by state
Where Gedalya concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 62 | 29.7% |
62 of 209 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Gedalyas (62 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gedalya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2025 (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 Gedalya 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.