How Many People Are Named Gamaliel?
people named Gamaliel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 183,755 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,950 babies named Gamaliel in Social Security records from 1921 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "benefit of God" in Hebrew. In Acts in the New Testament he is a teacher of Saint Paul.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gamaliel in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gamaliel alive today is about 25 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gamaliel first appears in the records in 1921 and was given most often in 2004, to 56 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1921 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gamaliel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,801, in 1979. In 2025 it ranked #3,207.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,207 |
| Best rank | #1,801 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,383 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gamaliel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gamaliel were born in California than in any other state: about 411 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gamaliel was given 3.8 times as often in California, 3.7 times in Texas and 1.3 times in Florida.
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