Gaelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gah-EL
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Gaelle is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Gaelle mean?
Celtic: French feminine of the Breton name Gael
Gaelle is the French feminine of Gael, a name from Brittany.
Is Gaelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Gaelle, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had the most girls named Gaelle of any year since it first appeared, in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Gaelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Gaelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brielle, Giselle, Chloe, Elle, Ellie, Reese, Zoe, Phoebe, Elise, Gianna, Gracelynn, Blake
Names related to Gaelle
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gaelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaelle, updated 20 October 2026.