Gael
Gael places #86 across the country in 2025, peaking as we speak. Its record runs from 1919 through a 2024 peak, 49,079 children in all.
Gael’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Gael, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Gael since 1919
Gael peaked in 2024 at #89; #86 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Gael is most common
The state that gives Gael most often, per boys born there, is Delaware (0.48% in 2025); California and Texas are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Gael
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Theo
#82 in 2025
Kai
#93 in 2025
Quinn
#97 in 2025
Georgia
#99 in 2025
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Zoey
#69 in 2025
Genesis
#66 in 2025
Brooks
#64 in 2025
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About Gael
How popular is the name Gael?
Gael places #86 across the country in 2025, peaking as we speak. The chart above draws the whole run since 1919, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Gael have a meaning on record?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Gael, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
Which names sit near Gael?
Nearest by the published recipe: Theo, Kai and Quinn. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Gael’s free Name Kit
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