Gael
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning a gaelic person; irish speaker.
Babies a year
2,240
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#86
up from #89
UK popularity
#1466
18 babies
How Gael has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #220 |
| 2016 | #178 |
| 2017 | #178 |
| 2018 | #132 |
| 2019 | #133 |
| 2020 | #112 |
| 2021 | #109 |
| 2022 | #104 |
| 2023 | #100 |
| 2024 | #89 |
| 2025 | #86 |
Gael by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Gael. In the US, 2,240 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,744 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,900 American boys born that year was called Gael.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gael. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Gael
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