Gala

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Gala is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 80 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 800.00% of girls
Peak year: 196599 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1919: 2,112people given the name

Babies named Gala, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,112 girls have been named Gala in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 99 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 2010s alone account for 22%.

By decade

Decade	girls named Gala
1910s	6
1920s	21
1930s	61
1940s	139
1950s	247
1960s	417
1970s	182
1980s	66
1990s	93
2000s	120
2010s	459
2020s	301

In 1965, its biggest year

Gala was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.

Names that rose and fell with Gala

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.