How Many People Are Named Gael?
people named Gael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,950 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,752 babies named Gael in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,879 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning uncertain. It possibly derives from the ethno-linguistic term Gael, which refers to speakers of Gaelic languages. Alternatively it may be a variant of GWENAËL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gael, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Gael fell from 85.6% in the 1940s to 0.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gael alive today is about 8 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gael first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2024, to 3,879 babies. In 2025, 3,866 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gael never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #86, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 3 years, 2023 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #86.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #86 |
| Best rank | #86 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 3 (2023 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #96 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gael were born in Texas than in any other state: about 12,289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gael was given 2.3 times as often in Texas, 1.9 times in Arizona and 1.9 times in California.
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