Gahel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gah-EL
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Gahel is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Gahel mean?
Celtic: probably a respelling of Gael, a Breton name
Probably a respelling of Gael, a Breton name widely used in France and Latin America.
Is Gahel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gahel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gahel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Gahel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had more boys named Gahel than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Gahel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gahel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
Names like Gahel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gael, Axel, Mael, Beckett, Hudson, Archer, Eliel, Easton, Silas, Enzo, Callum, Colson
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah, Cedric
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, “Gahel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gahel, updated 20 October 2026.