Names / Unisex names
Gale
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#244
in 1957
First recorded
1883
in U.S. data
Children named
32,300
since 1883
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #244 in 1957 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Strong wind. It first appears in American naming data in 1883. Its strongest year was 1957, at #244 nationally. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Over 32,300 have carried it since records began.