The first name Gale

In 2025, 13 boys born in the United States were named Gale, the 6,581st most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1957, when 1,210 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Gale Sondergaard
  American actress (1899–1985)
• Gale Harold
  Actor, born 1969
• Gale Anne Hurd
  American film producer and screenwriter (born 1955)
• Gale Storm
  American actress, singer (1922–2009)
• Gale Robbins
  American singer, and actress (1921-1980)
• Gale Gordon
  American actor (1906–1995)
• Gale Hansen
  American actor, born 1960
• Gale Henry
  American actress, 1893–1972
• Gale W. McGee
  American politician (1915-1992)
• Joan Gale Robinson
  English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)
• Gale Sayers
  American professional football player (1943-2020)
• Gale Bruno van Albada
  Dutch astronomer (1912–1972)

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

Both. Of the 32,343 US babies named Gale since 1880, 62% were girls and 38% boys.

When was Gale most popular?

1957 in the United States, when 1,210 babies were named Gale, its highest rank at 244th.

Is Gale also a surname?

Yes. Gale is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.