Gala Girl
How popular is Gala?
#2,485 girl name in 2025
71 baby girls were named Gala in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
Gala popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,485 for girls (▼ 220 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,389 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1965 (99 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,055 in 1965 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gala counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gala family of names ranked #1,750 for girls in 2025 (#1,790 the year before), with 83 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gala | 71 | 86% |
| Ghala | 12 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gala is most popular
Babies named Gala per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Gala by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1920s | 21 | #4,051 |
| 1930s | 61 | #2,125 |
| 1940s | 139 | #2,328 |
| 1950s | 247 | #1,795 |
| 1960s | 417 | #1,055 |
| 1970s | 182 | #2,203 |
| 1980s | 66 | #5,532 |
| 1990s | 93 | #6,666 |
| 2000s | 120 | #6,614 |
| 2010s | 460 | #2,625 |
| 2020s | 374 | #2,265 |
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Questions
- Is Gala a boy or girl name?
- Gala is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gala were girls.
- How popular is the name Gala?
- 71 baby girls were named Gala in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
- When was Gala most popular?
- Gala peaked in 1965, when 99 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,055 in 1965.
- How many people are named Gala?
- 2,186 babies have been named Gala in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,960 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Gala most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gala was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.