Gal Popularity by Year
Follow Gal across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Gal birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 1,346 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 10 | #9,457 | Up 1,665 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 8 | #11,122 | Down 2,636 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 12 | #8,486 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 16 | #6,984 | Up 1,040 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 13 | #8,024 | Down 465 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 14 | #7,559 | Up 4,889 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Down 3,831 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 12 | #8,617 | Up 2,072 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 3,793 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 6 | #14,482 | Up 1,980 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 6 | #10,662 | Down 4,436 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 12 | #6,226 | Up 1,019 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 4,275 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 9 | #7,245 | Up 3,422 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 111 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Down 2,836 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 207 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 10 | #9,351 | Down 1,324 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 5 | #10,349 | Down 5,190 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 12 | #8,027 | Up 4,661 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 2,121 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 12 | #5,159 | Up 129 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 11 | #5,288 | Down 892 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 14 | #4,396 | Up 4,472 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 7 | #10,567 | Down 4,310 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 1,900 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 14 | #6,257 | Up 7,185 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Down 740 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 8 | #6,228 | Down 1,664 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | Down 125 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 12 | #4,564 | Up 532 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 5 | #13,317 | Down 1,808 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 10 | #5,096 | Up 2,082 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 6 | #11,509 | Down 662 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Up 727 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 5 | #7,905 | Down 1,479 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 6 | #10,847 | Up 951 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 6 | #6,426 | Down 111 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 5 | #11,798 | Down 1,973 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Up 1,087 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 5 | #10,912 | Down 4,345 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | — |
| 1961 | Girls | 5 | #6,567 | Down 2,047 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 8 | #4,520 | Up 805 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 6 | #5,325 | Up 503 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 5 | #5,828 | Down 788 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 6 | #5,040 | Down 1,326 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 9 | #3,714 | Up 1,530 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 5 | #5,244 | Up 51 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 5 | #5,295 | — |