Gedalya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- geh-DAHL-yah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Gedalya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is great”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Gedalya mean?
Hebrew: form of Gedaliah
“God is great”
Gedaliah was the governor of Judah whose murder is mourned on the Fast of Gedaliah.
Is Gedalya a girl's or a boy's name?
Gedalya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gedalya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Gedalya, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Gedalya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gedalya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Gedalya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliam Jaziel Aziel Eliel Messiah Gideon Azriel Mateo Adriel Azael Ezra Haziel
More Hebrew names
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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, “Gedalya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gedalya, updated 20 October 2026.