Gayle
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 92.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 2,826 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 61,357since 1891
Gayle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,851 | 71 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,788 | 70 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,581 | 79 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,350 | 97 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #1,238 | 104 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 | — | |
| 1982 | #988 | 149 | — | |
| 1981 | #998 | 146 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #1,005 | 145 | — | |
| 1979 | #940 | 157 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #849 | 174 | — | |
| 1977 | #862 | 170 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #750 | 193 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #770 | 184 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #600 | 263 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #599 | 263 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #527 | 322 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #458 | 446 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #419 | 535 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #373 | 618 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #346 | 652 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #332 | 695 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #318 | 776 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #281 | 956 | #1,163 | 42 |
| 1964 | #271 | 1,105 | #1,581 | 25 |
| 1963 | #269 | 1,108 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #250 | 1,266 | #1,367 | 33 |
| 1961 | #229 | 1,448 | #1,233 | 41 |
| 1960 | #220 | 1,493 | #1,242 | 40 |
| 1959 | #195 | 1,827 | #993 | 60 |
| 1958 | #186 | 1,947 | #956 | 63 |
| 1957 | #173 | 2,190 | #1,005 | 57 |
| 1956 | #163 | 2,287 | #934 | 64 |
| 1955 | #146 | 2,483 | #836 | 77 |
| 1954 | #147 | 2,497 | #851 | 73 |
| 1953 | #136 | 2,666 | #735 | 95 |
| 1952 | #135 | 2,636 | #695 | 101 |
| 1951 | #124 | 2,826 | #688 | 103 |
| 1950 | #133 | 2,368 | #695 | 97 |
| 1949 | #137 | 2,293 | #628 | 118 |
| 1948 | #141 | 2,066 | #602 | 126 |
| 1947 | #127 | 2,485 | #586 | 134 |
| 1946 | #141 | 1,927 | #529 | 146 |
| 1945 | #156 | 1,491 | #540 | 122 |
| 1944 | #173 | 1,233 | #524 | 135 |
| 1943 | #168 | 1,423 | #545 | 131 |
| 1942 | #184 | 1,188 | #626 | 102 |
| 1941 | #186 | 1,007 | #513 | 132 |
| 1940 | #177 | 1,085 | #495 | 139 |
| 1939 | #206 | 843 | #508 | 124 |
| 1938 | #212 | 803 | #475 | 149 |
| 1937 | #224 | 720 | #463 | 145 |
| 1936 | #227 | 717 | #406 | 181 |
| 1935 | #237 | 705 | #464 | 150 |
| 1934 | #282 | 476 | #433 | 169 |
| 1933 | #415 | 239 | #501 | 125 |
| 1932 | #440 | 225 | #550 | 114 |
| 1931 | #499 | 167 | #611 | 94 |
| 1930 | #580 | 139 | #654 | 89 |
| 1929 | #672 | 108 | #678 | 82 |
| 1928 | #645 | 119 | #690 | 84 |
| 1927 | #731 | 96 | #695 | 87 |
| 1926 | #733 | 98 | #793 | 68 |
| 1925 | #736 | 100 | #739 | 78 |
| 1924 | #718 | 107 | #752 | 78 |
| 1923 | #782 | 87 | #821 | 67 |
| 1922 | #720 | 102 | #914 | 58 |
| 1921 | #711 | 106 | #931 | 57 |
| 1920 | #718 | 102 | #911 | 57 |
| 1919 | #655 | 113 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #632 | 125 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #605 | 127 | #849 | 57 |
| 1916 | #659 | 107 | #803 | 59 |
| 1915 | #724 | 84 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #777 | 55 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #961 | 18 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gayle! It came in at #943, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gayle is popular in 1908
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Gayle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 901 spots in 1909 (#1,862 → #961)
- Biggest drop: 1,022 spots in 1908 (#840 → #1,862)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1951 at #124 (2,826 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 77 yrs · run 1912–1979
- Highest: 1 in 637 girls born in 1951 were named Gayle (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 38.7% of all girls named Gayle (23,727) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1908, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 70 | #935 (1899) | #1,135 |
| 1900s | 121 | #818 (1902) | #1,124 |
| 1910s | 716 | #605 (1917) | #802 |
| 1920s | 1,025 | #645 (1928) | #717 |
| 1930s | 5,034 | #206 (1939) | #332 |
| 1940s | 16,198 | #127 (1947) | #159 |
| 1950s | 23,727 | #124 (1951) | #154 |
| 1960s | 10,117 | #220 (1960) | #289 |
| 1970s | 2,707 | #419 (1970) | #677 |
| 1980s | 1,056 | #988 (1982) | #1,346 |
| 1990s | 369 | #2,523 (1990) | #3,334 |
| 2000s | 130 | #4,107 (2001) | #9,408 |
| 2010s | 57 | #9,341 (2017) | #13,302 |
| 2020s | 30 | #9,680 (2022) | #11,948 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gayle in 1908
Top girls' names in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
girls
334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 55,719 of them was named Gayle, which outranked 23.5% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Willma7
- #1,676Zeola7
- #1,676Zeta7
- #1,862Gayle6
- #1,862Adalyn6
- #1,862Adine6
- #1,862Agustina6
- #2,101Ader5
- #2,101Ailie5
- #2,101Alean5
Tied with 238 names at #1,862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 17,148 of them was named Gayle, which outranked 40.3% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).