Gedalya — #8011 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Gedalya

The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Gedalya between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gedalya currently holds the #8011 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gedalya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gedalya shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 62 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gedalya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gedalya 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 194 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.