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How popular is the name Gala?
Births per year, rank history and how many Galas are alive today.
Gala (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 11 babies were given the name, the 2346th most popular that year. Gala is one spelling of a name also recorded as Galla; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Gala you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 32: the name has two living generations. Half of all Galas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 26, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gala - on average, only one in every 1,969 such rooms contains a Gala.
How many babies are named Gala each year?
Includes all spellings: Gala, Galla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Gala spelling rank?
Where does the Galla spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gala most popular?
Gala peaked in 2023, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Gala?
At least 160 people named Gala in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gala?
Most living Galas are between 6 and 26; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 32.
Is Gala becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.