Gale is an established variant of Gail that peaked in 1957 and has since faded.
Gale is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Gale was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1957 (1,210 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,581 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,583 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | #15,986 | #6,028 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,327 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,904 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | #12,902 | #10,094 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,136 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | #16,709 | #7,773 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,120 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,016 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,364 |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #15,257 | #9,064 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #15,470 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,177 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,127 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #12,208 | #12,027 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,979 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,263 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #15,860 | #7,692 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #13,241 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #10,436 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,520 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | #14,246 | #8,285 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,897 | — |
| 1994 | 15 | — | #14,170 | #5,593 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,537 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #10,859 | #6,324 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #8,833 | #5,230 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #7,483 | #6,027 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #8,258 | #4,111 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #7,917 | #4,926 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | #5,392 | #4,689 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | #4,414 | #5,533 |
| 1985 | 32 | — | #3,894 | #3,888 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | #6,445 | #3,006 |
| 1983 | 36 | — | #3,269 | #3,707 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | #2,658 | #3,361 |
| 1981 | 46 | — | #4,049 | #2,011 |
| 1980 | 50 | — | #2,890 | #2,571 |
| 1979 | 46 | — | #3,097 | #2,496 |
| 1978 | 51 | — | #2,585 | #2,509 |
| 1977 | 56 | — | #2,436 | #2,297 |
| 1976 | 64 | — | #2,111 | #2,072 |
| 1975 | 87 | — | #1,692 | #1,642 |
| 1974 | 113 | — | #1,503 | #1,206 |
| 1973 | 119 | — | #1,391 | #1,191 |
| 1972 | 134 | — | #1,141 | #1,371 |
| 1971 | 160 | — | #1,182 | #1,029 |
| 1970 | 181 | — | #981 | #1,136 |
| 1969 | 223 | — | #829 | #930 |
| 1968 | 214 | — | #792 | #1,009 |
| 1967 | 271 | — | #669 | #896 |
| 1966 | 299 | — | #621 | #899 |
| 1965 | 315 | — | #640 | #821 |
| 1964 | 379 | — | #583 | #802 |
| 1963 | 415 | — | #538 | #796 |
| 1962 | 423 | — | #539 | #787 |
| 1961 | 579 | — | #446 | #770 |
| 1960 | 716 | — | #393 | #691 |
| 1959 | 962 | — | #320 | #730 |
| 1958 | 1,188 | — | #272 | #661 |
| 1957 | 1,364 | — | #244 | #619 |
| 1956 | 1,270 | — | #255 | #544 |
| 1955 | 1,229 | — | #260 | #517 |
| 1954 | 1,269 | — | #259 | #454 |
| 1953 | 1,210 | — | #264 | #438 |
| 1952 | 1,144 | — | #283 | #381 |
| 1951 | 1,143 | — | #275 | #375 |
| 1950 | 995 | — | #301 | #372 |
| 1949 | 905 | — | #319 | #381 |
| 1948 | 950 | — | #315 | #361 |
| 1947 | 1,173 | — | #271 | #352 |
| 1946 | 871 | — | #310 | #372 |
| 1945 | 734 | — | #321 | #352 |
| 1944 | 665 | — | #353 | #355 |
| 1943 | 727 | — | #348 | #351 |
| 1942 | 663 | — | #369 | #352 |
| 1941 | 625 | — | #365 | #341 |
| 1940 | 696 | — | #323 | #323 |
| 1939 | 579 | — | #394 | #321 |
| 1938 | 444 | — | #553 | #324 |
| 1937 | 431 | — | #556 | #322 |
| 1936 | 372 | — | #597 | #345 |
| 1935 | 366 | — | #587 | #351 |
| 1934 | 340 | — | #757 | #336 |
| 1933 | 253 | — | #1,105 | #372 |
| 1932 | 266 | — | #1,101 | #372 |
| 1931 | 189 | — | #1,765 | #435 |
| 1930 | 228 | — | #1,444 | #419 |
| 1929 | 197 | — | #1,428 | #456 |
| 1928 | 217 | — | #1,275 | #447 |
| 1927 | 279 | — | #1,286 | #380 |
| 1926 | 230 | — | #1,270 | #437 |
| 1925 | 219 | — | #1,547 | #435 |
| 1924 | 270 | — | #1,655 | #384 |
| 1923 | 264 | — | #1,438 | #390 |
| 1922 | 206 | — | #1,656 | #463 |
| 1921 | 246 | — | #1,210 | #423 |
| 1920 | 211 | — | #1,325 | #457 |
| 1919 | 170 | — | #1,620 | #494 |
| 1918 | 177 | — | #1,775 | #475 |
| 1917 | 143 | — | #1,799 | #521 |
| 1916 | 140 | — | #1,459 | #538 |
| 1915 | 127 | — | #1,541 | #552 |
| 1914 | 106 | — | #1,622 | #520 |
| 1913 | 67 | — | #2,413 | #568 |
| 1912 | 51 | — | #2,038 | #653 |
| 1911 | 33 | — | #1,489 | #677 |
| 1910 | 19 | — | #2,009 | #948 |
| 1909 | 30 | — | #1,655 | #561 |
| 1908 | 28 | — | #1,474 | #599 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #679 |
| 1905 | 18 | — | #1,591 | #761 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1903 | 12 | — | — | #671 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #815 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #653 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | #1,262 | #865 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | — | #1,053 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | #1,441 | #591 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,672 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,017 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | — | #603 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #1,509 | #628 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | — | #1,090 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #861 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #949 |