Gail
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 95.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 9,886 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 25 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 201,746since 1881
Gail over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #8,362 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,527 | 37 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,309 | 58 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,151 | 63 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,394 | 54 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,102 | 65 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,854 | 77 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,630 | 93 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,375 | 117 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,225 | 131 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,129 | 136 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #1,001 | 154 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #838 | 194 | — | |
| 1984 | #698 | 238 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #627 | 275 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #593 | 306 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #624 | 290 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #605 | 303 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #536 | 350 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #495 | 392 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #484 | 392 | #2,910 | 14 |
| 1976 | #425 | 475 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #370 | 560 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #346 | 628 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #312 | 746 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | #267 | 987 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #249 | 1,184 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #222 | 1,424 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #202 | 1,562 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #180 | 1,802 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #163 | 2,022 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #151 | 2,301 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #134 | 2,859 | #1,233 | 38 |
| 1964 | #125 | 3,446 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #105 | 4,104 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #103 | 4,380 | #939 | 65 |
| 1961 | #94 | 4,973 | #882 | 75 |
| 1960 | #90 | 5,428 | #1,008 | 58 |
| 1959 | #75 | 6,344 | #747 | 105 |
| 1958 | #72 | 6,608 | #790 | 89 |
| 1957 | #54 | 7,952 | #738 | 103 |
| 1956 | #49 | 8,435 | #699 | 112 |
| 1955 | #42 | 8,972 | #685 | 115 |
| 1954 | #37 | 9,726 | #694 | 108 |
| 1953 | #39 | 9,585 | #576 | 155 |
| 1952 | #39 | 9,760 | #543 | 167 |
| 1951 | #36 | 9,886 | #505 | 180 |
| 1950 | #42 | 8,350 | #510 | 173 |
| 1949 | #51 | 7,225 | #456 | 210 |
| 1948 | #51 | 6,603 | #468 | 202 |
| 1947 | #49 | 7,242 | #469 | 205 |
| 1946 | #49 | 6,227 | #438 | 209 |
| 1945 | #52 | 4,832 | #459 | 167 |
| 1944 | #56 | 4,526 | #438 | 195 |
| 1943 | #55 | 4,810 | #425 | 213 |
| 1942 | #60 | 4,445 | #404 | 227 |
| 1941 | #68 | 3,609 | #414 | 199 |
| 1940 | #65 | 3,621 | #424 | 190 |
| 1939 | #73 | 3,355 | #384 | 217 |
| 1938 | #77 | 3,214 | #408 | 193 |
| 1937 | #99 | 2,635 | #371 | 218 |
| 1936 | #101 | 2,342 | #367 | 220 |
| 1935 | #127 | 1,800 | #393 | 194 |
| 1934 | #164 | 1,176 | #373 | 212 |
| 1933 | #264 | 541 | #415 | 171 |
| 1932 | #337 | 354 | #454 | 156 |
| 1931 | #415 | 239 | #493 | 135 |
| 1930 | #476 | 198 | #484 | 151 |
| 1929 | #516 | 172 | #483 | 147 |
| 1928 | #528 | 173 | #455 | 176 |
| 1927 | #515 | 186 | #560 | 122 |
| 1926 | #483 | 206 | #439 | 189 |
| 1925 | #563 | 163 | #449 | 179 |
| 1924 | #568 | 165 | #470 | 172 |
| 1923 | #581 | 154 | #417 | 208 |
| 1922 | #609 | 142 | #467 | 175 |
| 1921 | #483 | 204 | #462 | 177 |
| 1920 | #523 | 181 | #466 | 171 |
| 1919 | #494 | 184 | #444 | 176 |
| 1918 | #465 | 206 | #455 | 170 |
| 1917 | #434 | 217 | #450 | 158 |
| 1916 | #456 | 196 | #462 | 151 |
| 1915 | #551 | 135 | #459 | 143 |
| 1914 | #553 | 102 | #525 | 88 |
| 1913 | #678 | 58 | #552 | 61 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 | #668 | 40 |
| 1911 | #766 | 32 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 | #569 | 25 |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #631 | 35 | #559 | 19 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,011 | 14 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #589 | 31 | #527 | 17 |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #630 | 25 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #676 | 28 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | #663 | 11 |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #520 | 32 | #579 | 13 |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | #641 | 11 |
| 1891 | #475 | 29 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 | — | |
| 1889 | #589 | 19 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 | — | |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #678 | 8 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gail! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gail
- 1,720 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #8,362)
- 2,279 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #8,362)
- 749 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #8,362)
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1906 (#1,011 → #611)
- Biggest drop: 452 spots in 1905 (#559 → #1,011)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1951 at #36 (9,886 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 25 yrs · run 1937–1961
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1906–1985
- Highest: 1 in 182 girls born in 1951 were named Gail (0.55%)
- Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.4% of all girls named Gail (85,618) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #520 (1885) | #690 |
| 1890s | 287 | #475 (1891) | #541 |
| 1900s | 291 | #559 (1904) | #677 |
| 1910s | 1,216 | #434 (1917) | #582 |
| 1920s | 1,746 | #483 (1926) | #537 |
| 1930s | 15,854 | #73 (1939) | #213 |
| 1940s | 53,140 | #49 (1947) | #56 |
| 1950s | 85,618 | #36 (1951) | #49 |
| 1960s | 32,877 | #90 (1960) | #135 |
| 1970s | 7,138 | #222 (1970) | #371 |
| 1980s | 2,171 | #593 (1982) | #840 |
| 1990s | 752 | #1,279 (1990) | #2,067 |
| 2000s | 284 | #3,265 (2004) | #4,992 |
| 2010s | 169 | #5,486 (2013) | #7,190 |
| 2020s | 102 | #5,752 (2023) | #6,804 |
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.
Gail in 1905
Top girls' names in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
girls
291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 20,830 of them was named Gail, which outranked 54.7% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #968Vicie15
- #968Virgil15
- #968Zenobia15
- #1,011Gail14
- #1,011Adelina14
- #1,011Aida14
- #1,011Ardelia14
- #1,057Aggie13
- #1,057Ammie13
- #1,057Anner13
Tied with 45 names at #1,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 16,538 of them was named Gail, which outranked 35.3% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).