first name
GAEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,880 people named Gael, 92.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% as White and 1.4% as Black. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Gael peaked in 2024, when 3,879 babies got the name.
At least 49,752 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Gael by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #161. The largest share of babies named Gael, 76.3%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Gael is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gael has been most common in Nevada (4.3×), Arizona (3.3×), and Texas (3.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.11×).
48,380 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gael, most common first.
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