Gamaliel
Gamaliel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200456 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1921
- 1,914people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,914 boys have been named Gamaliel in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 56 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 25%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gamaliel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | |
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 31 | |
| 1960s | 53 | |
| 1970s | 188 | |
| 1980s | 239 | |
| 1990s | 330 | |
| 2000s | 485 | |
| 2010s | 395 | |
| 2020s | 171 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Gamaliel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Gamaliel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rajapeak 2001
- Eliudpeak 2000
- Neftalipeak 2003
- Moisespeak 2001
- Dorianpeak 2008
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Kamalpeak 2009
- Ahmadpeak 2001
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.