Over the past 110 years, 32 girls and 26 750 boys have been named Gael. The name Gael ranks 11800th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Gael in 1942. The peak of popularity of the name Gael came in the 1940s and 1950s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.