How Many People Are Named Gala?
people named Gala are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 175,815 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,186 babies named Gala in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
99 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of GALINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gala in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gala alive today is about 34 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gala first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1965, to 99 babies. In 2025, 71 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gala has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,056, in 1965. In 2025 it ranked #2,495.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,495 |
| Best rank | #1,056 (1965) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,472 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gala alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gala were born in Texas than in any other state: about 304 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gala was given 4.4 times as often in Texas, 2.5 times in California and 2.1 times in Florida.
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