Gael

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gael: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gael: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #362, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#362highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#1981
2010	#3332
2012	#2721
2013	#1920
2014	#2690
2015	#1902
2016	#1498
2017	#1398
2018	#1533
2019	#1369
2020	#1085
2021	#1448
2022	#1011
2023	#1018
2024	#1199

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2024: #472 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1199 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #2282 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2017–2025
Highest recorded position: #362 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2017–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Gael appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2006, and has registered 261 births with the name.

Gael across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gael's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2282 (2006)	#1011 (2022)	#1199 (2024)	18 of 19	261 (2006–2024)	29 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#610 (2017)	#362 (2023)	#372 (2025)	8 of 9	63 (2017–2025)	10 (2019)

Gael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	27	4 of 10	7
2010s	111	9 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	123	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Gael appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Gael's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1199	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1011	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1085	25	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2006 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #362, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gaia · #412, 29y
Gail · #15, 47y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andreea · #362, 24y
Kelli · #362, 15y
Lyn · #362, 14y
Jersey · #363, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Andreea · #362, 24y
Amelija · #361, 17y
Elija · #363, 17y
Goda · #363, 19y

Gael was ranked #362 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gael and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gael without appearing here.

Gael moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1902 and #4747.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #1911 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2721 and #4805.
Gustav Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1902 and #1786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1498 and #3478.

Moved ahead of Gael

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1201.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1018 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1199 and #1132.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1011 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Gael

Aaron Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 while Aaron went from #44 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 while Alan went from #251 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 while Alex went from #57 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 while Alexander went from #24 to #36.

Moved the same way as Gael

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 and Albie from #421 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 and Alfred from #151 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Gael went from #2282 to #1199 and Archie from #40 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #362 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gael

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gael across 2 official records

Gael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Gael across 2 official records

Gael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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