Girls' name · since 2013
Ghala
Ghala has 82 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,777 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
82 babies have been named Ghala since 2013, making it today's #8777 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghala has been recorded 82 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #8777 nationally and more common than 49% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #29,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,777 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 82 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghala ranks #29,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,777 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 82 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,777 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ghala's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ghala compares
82 22nd 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
Ghala's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ghala | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ghala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ghala's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ghala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ghala by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Ghala's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Ghala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (65% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ghala's data
- Ghala's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ghala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Ghala 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.