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How popular is “Gala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gala” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gala” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gala” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gala” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gala” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gala” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1919 6 0.000002843 6 100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 100%
1931 11 0.000005227 11 100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 7 0.000003285 7 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1941 11 0.000004515 11 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 100%
1945 13 0.0000049 13 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 17 0.000004719 17 100%
1948 18 0.000005214 18 100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 100%
1950 16 0.000004567 16 100%
1951 27 0.00000733 27 100%
1952 15 0.000003949 15 100%
1953 23 0.000005968 23 100%
1954 32 0.000008039 32 100%
1955 25 0.000006227 25 100%
1956 35 0.000008489 35 100%
1957 28 0.000006663 28 100%
1958 26 0.000006289 26 100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 100%
1960 27 0.0000065 27 100%
1961 18 0.000004345 18 100%
1962 27 0.000006691 27 100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 100%
1964 32 0.000008231 32 100%
1965 99 0.000027307 99 100%
1966 66 0.000018989 66 100%
1967 36 0.000010604 36 100%
1968 51 0.000015096 51 100%
1969 47 0.000013524 47 100%
1970 36 0.000009982 36 100%
1971 26 0.000007575 26 100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 100%
1973 22 0.000007292 22 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 14 0.000004637 14 100%
1976 14 0.000004614 14 100%
1977 19 0.000005981 19 100%
1978 7 0.000002206 7 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1989 7 0.000001821 7 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 11 0.000002918 11 100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 10 0.000002742 10 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 100%
1999 13 0.000003519 13 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 100%
2004 16 0.000004187 16 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 16 100%
2010 19 0.000005141 19 100%
2011 24 0.000006561 24 100%
2012 65 0.000017772 65 100%
2013 67 0.000018378 67 100%
2014 41 0.000011062 41 100%
2015 47 0.0000127 47 100%
2016 55 0.000014992 55 100%
2017 51 0.000014261 51 100%
2018 39 0.000011092 39 100%
2019 51 0.000014693 51 100%
2020 45 0.000013471 45 100%
2021 46 0.000013578 46 100%
2022 60 0.000017735 60 100%
2023 70 0.00002114 70 100%
2024 80 0.000024035 80 100%

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