The baby name Gale appears in baby name data for the United States from 1912 to 1982. It was most popular in 1957 with 1,483 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Gale has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 26 |
| 1913 | 35 |
| 1914 | 73 |
| 1915 | 111 |
| 1916 | 115 |
| 1917 | 145 |
| 1918 | 210 |
| 1919 | 133 |
| 1920 | 7 |
| 1920 | 185 |
| 1921 | 233 |
| 1922 | 5 |
| 1922 | 230 |
| 1923 | 15 |
| 1923 | 288 |
| 1924 | 307 |
| 1925 | 207 |
| 1926 | 5 |
| 1926 | 216 |
| 1927 | 271 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1928 | 204 |
| 1929 | 193 |
| 1930 | 12 |
| 1930 | 202 |
| 1931 | 198 |
| 1932 | 18 |
| 1932 | 260 |
| 1933 | 231 |
| 1934 | 32 |
| 1934 | 340 |
| 1935 | 86 |
| 1935 | 280 |
| 1936 | 71 |
| 1936 | 317 |
| 1937 | 110 |
| 1937 | 312 |
| 1938 | 127 |
| 1938 | 324 |
| 1939 | 282 |
| 1939 | 357 |
| 1940 | 334 |
| 1940 | 359 |
| 1941 | 296 |
| 1941 | 362 |
| 1942 | 341 |
| 1942 | 362 |
| 1943 | 446 |
| 1943 | 331 |
| 1944 | 338 |
| 1944 | 331 |
| 1945 | 422 |
| 1945 | 297 |
| 1946 | 556 |
| 1946 | 329 |
| 1947 | 828 |
| 1947 | 440 |
| 1948 | 647 |
| 1948 | 400 |
| 1949 | 634 |
| 1949 | 366 |
| 1950 | 736 |
| 1950 | 364 |
| 1951 | 991 |
| 1951 | 354 |
| 1952 | 1,004 |
| 1952 | 396 |
| 1953 | 1,144 |
| 1953 | 292 |
| 1954 | 1,132 |
| 1954 | 255 |
| 1955 | 1,184 |
| 1955 | 183 |
| 1956 | 1,305 |
| 1956 | 175 |
| 1957 | 1,483 |
| 1957 | 152 |
| 1958 | 1,287 |
| 1958 | 93 |
| 1959 | 1,061 |
| 1959 | 73 |
| 1960 | 712 |
| 1960 | 80 |
| 1961 | 571 |
| 1961 | 76 |
| 1962 | 287 |
| 1962 | 46 |
| 1963 | 335 |
| 1963 | 110 |
| 1964 | 301 |
| 1964 | 70 |
| 1965 | 223 |
| 1965 | 70 |
| 1966 | 194 |
| 1966 | 13 |
| 1967 | 188 |
| 1967 | 13 |
| 1968 | 150 |
| 1968 | 25 |
| 1969 | 96 |
| 1969 | 31 |
| 1970 | 103 |
| 1970 | 5 |
| 1971 | 45 |
| 1971 | 19 |
| 1972 | 33 |
| 1973 | 21 |
| 1974 | 10 |
| 1974 | 32 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1976 | 12 |
| 1977 | 10 |
| 1982 | 6 |