Quick answers about Gale
How many people are named Gale?
An estimated 10,865 living Americans are named Gale.
How rare is Gale?
Gale fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Gale?
The median age of a living American named Gale is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 65 and 74 years old.
Is Gale still popular?
Not especially. Gale has been declining since its 1957 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Gale most common?
Gale has its strongest geographic signal in Hawaii, where it appears 3.6× more often than the national baseline.
1893Peak 19572025
Where it lives now
Gale is most concentrated in Hawaii — about 3.6× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Gale is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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