Feminine dossier · first seen 1893

Gale

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1957

Peak era

1957

Peak births

1,210

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Boomer

1893Peak 19572025

Quick answers about Gale

An estimated 13,605 living Americans are named Gale.

Gale fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Gale is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 66 and 75 years old.

Not especially. Gale has been declining since its 1957 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

19,906

Gale last appeared in SSA records in 2023. Across its recorded history, about 19,906 American girls received the name.

Gale peaked in 1957, when 1,210 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 19,906 Americans named Gale since 1893.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1957

19571,210 girls named Gale

20250 (extinct) girls named Gale

Living profile

13,605

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age70

Core range66–75

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Wave

A name with sustained momentum rather than a single spike.