Gala
- #2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 99 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,186since 1919
Gala over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gala has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,485 | 71 |
| 2024 | #2,265 | 82 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 |
| 2022 | #2,821 | 60 |
| 2021 | #3,390 | 46 |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 |
| 2018 | #3,789 | 39 |
| 2017 | #3,091 | 52 |
| 2016 | #3,010 | 55 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 |
| 2014 | #3,719 | 41 |
| 2013 | #2,626 | 67 |
| 2012 | #2,708 | 65 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #9,901 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 |
| 1969 | #1,784 | 47 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 |
| 1965 | #1,055 | 99 |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
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| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Gala! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1928, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gala is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Florida#1,112 · 1 in 6,674
- Texas#1,615 · 1 in 11,467
- New York#1,830 · 1 in 13,055
- California#1,830 · 1 in 14,702
Best ever in a state: #374 in Georgia, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| Texas | #1,615 | 14 | 1 in 11,467 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gala
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 220 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #2,485)
- 914 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #2,485)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1965 at #1,055 (99 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,830
- Highest: 1 in 17,830 girls born in 1965 were named Gala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,638 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 21.0% of all girls named Gala (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 21 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,669 |
| 1930s | 61 | #2,125 (1939) | #3,164 |
| 1940s | 139 | #2,329 (1948) | #2,525 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,796 (1956) | #2,206 |
| 1960s | 417 | #1,055 (1965) | #2,081 |
| 1970s | 182 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,843 |
| 1980s | 66 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,205 |
| 1990s | 93 | #6,672 (1994) | #9,168 |
| 2000s | 120 | #6,619 (2001) | #9,239 |
| 2010s | 460 | #2,626 (2013) | #3,765 |
| 2020s | 374 | #2,265 (2024) | #2,813 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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