Gayla
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #3,652
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 617 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,838since 1921
Gayla over time
Rank among girls' names. Gayla has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,998 | 19 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,272 | 42 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,189 | 46 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,678 | 66 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,546 | 71 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,307 | 83 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,001 | 118 | — | |
| 1972 | #898 | 140 | — | |
| 1971 | #757 | 193 | — | |
| 1970 | #690 | 227 | — | |
| 1969 | #651 | 235 | — | |
| 1968 | #607 | 252 | — | |
| 1967 | #589 | 264 | — | |
| 1966 | #536 | 309 | — | |
| 1965 | #523 | 333 | — | |
| 1964 | #520 | 355 | — | |
| 1963 | #517 | 353 | — | |
| 1962 | #502 | 370 | — | |
| 1961 | #456 | 460 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #489 | 399 | — | |
| 1959 | #472 | 421 | — | |
| 1958 | #496 | 373 | — | |
| 1957 | #482 | 390 | — | |
| 1956 | #465 | 397 | — | |
| 1955 | #424 | 432 | — | |
| 1954 | #345 | 617 | — | |
| 1953 | #388 | 481 | — | |
| 1952 | #496 | 287 | — | |
| 1951 | #489 | 282 | — | |
| 1950 | #538 | 237 | — | |
| 1949 | #483 | 276 | — | |
| 1948 | #554 | 224 | — | |
| 1947 | #583 | 213 | — | |
| 1946 | #612 | 168 | — | |
| 1945 | #803 | 88 | — | |
| 1944 | #862 | 78 | — | |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | — | |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 | — | |
| 1941 | #838 | 75 | — | |
| 1940 | #944 | 58 | — | |
| 1939 | #882 | 63 | — | |
| 1938 | #861 | 67 | — | |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 | — | |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gayla! It came in at #4,023, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gayla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1936 (#1,483 → #993)
- Biggest drop: 141 spots in 1972 (#757 → #898)
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1954 at #345 (617 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1936–1972
- Highest: 1 in 3,147 girls born in 1954 were named Gayla (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 36.1% of all girls named Gayla (3,917) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 39 | #3,137 (1929) | #3,606 |
| 1930s | 320 | #861 (1938) | #1,857 |
| 1940s | 1,352 | #483 (1949) | #734 |
| 1950s | 3,917 | #345 (1954) | #460 |
| 1960s | 3,330 | #456 (1961) | #539 |
| 1970s | 1,200 | #690 (1970) | #1,136 |
| 1980s | 387 | #2,050 (1982) | #2,630 |
| 1990s | 221 | #3,670 (1995) | #4,698 |
| 2000s | 66 | #7,724 (2001) | #12,239 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,558 (2014) | #14,558 |
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.
Gayla in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 4,388 of them was named Gayla, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 354,033 of them was named Gayla, which outranked 21.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,356Wymon7
- #3,356Wyndell7
- #3,356Yvette7
- #3,652Gayla6
- #3,652Abundio6
- #3,652Adelaido6
- #3,652Adriano6
- #4,065Abdon5
- #4,065Abron5
- #4,065Agustine5
Tied with 412 names at #3,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.