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 | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Gayla is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#196 · 1 in 858
- Arkansas#258 · 1 in 1,309
- Colorado#466 · 1 in 3,148
- Tennessee#479 · 1 in 4,044
- Missouri#486 · 1 in 4,469
Best ever in a state: #50 in Oklahoma, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #196 | 19 | 1 in 858 |
| Arkansas | #258 | 10 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Colorado | #466 | 5 | 1 in 3,148 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 7 | 1 in 4,044 |
| Missouri | #486 | 7 | 1 in 4,469 |
| Louisiana | #533 | 7 | 1 in 3,789 |
| Texas | #554 | 24 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Georgia | #636 | 6 | 1 in 5,997 |
| Florida | #669 | 8 | 1 in 5,560 |
| Illinois | #841 | 8 | 1 in 9,325 |
| California | #1,447 | 7 | 1 in 19,582 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 10,866 of them was named Gayla, which outranked 90.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).