Galo

#9,178 in 2025Boys' name

Rooster

Galo has been given to 376 babies in the U.S. since 1961. In 2025 it ranked #9,178 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1972, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Galo, 2025

1 in 414,000

Galo over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Galo: meaning, origin, and history

Rooster

Latin

What Galo means

Galo means “rooster”, associated with gallus.

Origin, language, and formation

Galo is used in Spanish. Its origins include Latin.

Galo comes through Latin Gallus and Latin gallus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 376 boys were recorded with the name Galo between 1961 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1972; its best national rank was #2,579 in 1972.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,051 in 2020 to #9,178 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,888 in 2015 to #9,178 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Galo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,178; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Galo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Galo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Galos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Galo was born before 1995 — so the typical Galo is around 30 today.

Median birth year: 1995; About 30 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 23.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 42.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 376; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 23.1% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Galo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,047; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,873; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +710; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.14×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 57.1%; Peak was 1972 (14)
Years since peak: 53; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,579; 1972

Spellings of Galo

Galo is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 53.1% against Galo's 0.02%.

Gary53.1%902,152
Dale16.4%278,156
Gage3.6%60,809
Pablo3.0%50,370
Gael2.9%49,079
Milo2.6%43,847
Ali2.0%34,383
Arlo1.4%24,245

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Galo is used

Across 1910–2025, Galo was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,708,697 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Galo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Galo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,178
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,873
Best rank ever: #2,579; 1972
Peak year: 1972; 14 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 376
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Galo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gal Lalo Halo Galvin Kalo Galileo Italo Malo Nalo Ralo Alo Gale Galan Valo Galyn Galen Galdino Galaxy Galin Gonsalo Mahalo Galon Xalo Gonzalo

Sibling names for Galo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicola Jenni Niki Melonie Sharla Carmelita Stacia Jeana

For a brother

Shon Edwardo Kelley Deron Thad Darrick Scot Torrey

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