# Gamaliel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gamaliel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | / ɡəˈmeɪ.li.əl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gamliel |
| US babies named this | 1,950 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,950 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Gamaliel, from Late Latin Gamaliēl, from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl), from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl), from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 3,327 |
| 2012 | 35 | 3,192 |
| 2013 | 36 | 3,076 |
| 2014 | 41 | 2,859 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,936 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,739 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,028 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,014 |
| 2019 | 43 | 2,871 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,184 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,382 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,295 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,817 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,546 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,208 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Gamaliel

- Gamaliel, first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
- Gamaliel II, active 80-110
- Gamaliel III, 3rd century Judean rabbi and nasi
- Raphael Warnock, American pastor and politician (born 1969)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.