Gamaliel
Boy · Hebrew
Gamaliel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Gamaliel mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).
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Is Gamaliel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gamaliel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gamaliel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Gamaliel, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Gamaliel in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gamaliel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 45 | #2,192 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,761 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
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