Gala

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Gala: Recorded since 2000, its highest recorded position is #1,995, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#1995highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#1995
2003	#3099
2007	#5201
2012	#5876
2013	#4739
2015	#5730
2016	#3609
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2019	#3541
2020	#2615
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2023	#2346
2024	#3015

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #1995 among girls in England and Wales in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #1995 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Gala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Gala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010s	37	7 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Gala appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1995 in England and Wales in 2000.

Gala'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	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2000 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,995, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aiyanna · #1995, 12y
Aveline · #1995, 17y
Frankie-Mae · #1995, 11y
Muqadas · #1995, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Aiyanna · #1995, 12y
Aveline · #1995, 17y
Muqadas · #1995, 19y
Humayrah · #1996, 24y

Gala 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 Gala without appearing here.

Gala moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Cooper Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2643 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Cecilie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Gala

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3099 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1573.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Beau Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1995 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #545.

Moved the opposite way to Gala

Ada Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 while Ada went from #1831 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 while Alma went from #2416 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 while Amalie went from #3912 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 while Amelia went from #35 to #2.

Moved the same way as Gala

Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 and Abigail from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 and Aimee from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 and Aisling from #443 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Gala went from #1995 to #3015 and Alex from #186 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1995 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Gala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Gala at a glance

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