Galo
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 376since 1961
Galo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Galo has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,246 | 11 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #3,356 | 7 |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five boys were named Galo! It came in at #3,356, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Galo is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Galo in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,910)
- 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #8,910)
- 658 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1972 at #2,534 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 115,829
- Highest: 1 in 115,829 boys born in 1972 were named Galo (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 23.1% of all boys named Galo (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,683 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,534 (1972) | #4,176 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,915 (1988) | #5,257 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,673 (1990) | #7,625 |
| 2000s | 87 | #5,667 (2001) | #8,350 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,140 (2017) | #10,142 |
| 2020s | 39 | #8,255 (2023) | #9,193 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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