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Gal

Girl · Hebrew

Gal is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Gal mean?

Hebrew

A male or female given name from Hebrew גַּל.

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Is Gal a girl's or a boy's name?

Gal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 5 boys in the US.

How popular is Gal in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,454among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 160,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Gal, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947. 5 boys were also named Gal in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).

Half of all the girls named Gal in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1947Busiest: 16 in 20222025
Gal in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#9,454
20248#11,117
202312#8,481
202216#6,979
202113#8,019
202014#7,554
20197#12,442
201812#8,612
20179#10,685
20160–
20156#14,477
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20055#16,455
20040–
20030–
20027#12,181
200110#9,344
200012#8,020
19996#12,681
19980–
19970–
19967#10,562
199514#6,252
19940–
19935#13,435
19925#13,308
19916#11,501
19900–
19896#10,841
19885#11,792
19876#9,820
19865#10,907
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19615#6,566
19600–
19590–
19588#4,519
19570–
19566#5,324
19555#5,826
19540–
19536#5,039
19520–
19519#3,713
19500–
19495#5,243
19480–
19475#5,293

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