Gael Boy
How popular is Gael?
#86 boy name in 2025
3,860 baby boys were named Gael in the US in 2025, making it the 86th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Gael popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #86 for boys (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,860 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+116% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #220 in 2015, #112 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (3,872 boys) |
| Highest rank | #86 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gael counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gael family of names ranked #95 for boys in 2025 (#99 the year before), with 3,865 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gael | 3,860 | 100% |
| Ghael | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gael is most popular
Babies named Gael per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 4.8 per 1,000 (271 boys)
- Texas: 4.6 per 1,000 (4,023 boys)
- California: 4.5 per 1,000 (4,110 boys)
- New Mexico: 4.5 per 1,000 (148 boys)
- Arizona: 4.0 per 1,000 (647 boys)
Gael by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,199 |
| 1930s | 23 | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1950s | 8 | #2,873 |
| 1980s | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1990s | 97 | #3,597 |
| 2000s | 6,911 | #296 |
| 2010s | 20,344 | #132 |
| 2020s | 21,645 | #86 |
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Questions
- Is Gael a boy or girl name?
- Gael is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gael were boys.
- How popular is the name Gael?
- 3,860 baby boys were named Gael in the US in 2025, making it the 86th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Gael most popular?
- Gael peaked in 2024, when 3,872 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #86 in 2025.
- How many people are named Gael?
- 49,752 babies have been named Gael in the US since 1880. We estimate about 49,261 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Gael most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gael was most common in Nevada, at 4.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.