Gala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAH-la
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,485 for girls
Gala is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “calm”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).
What does Gala mean?
Greek: Russian short form of Galina
“calm”
Galina comes from Greek galene, 'calm (sea)'; Gala Dalí was the wife and muse of Salvador Dalí.
Is Gala a girl's or a boy's name?
Gala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 71 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Gala, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Gala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
How popular is Gala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,485th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Gala, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 99 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Gala in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,485 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,014 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 |
| 1970 | 36 | #2,203 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,607 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 66 | #1,335 |
| 1965 | 99 | #1,055 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,108 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,884 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
Names like Gala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thea, Lyra, Athena, Mila, Myla, Lara, Margot, Lyla, Elena, Isla, Ava, Freya
Names related to Gala
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Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Gala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gala, updated 20 October 2026.