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.
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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 20,669 of them was named Gayle, which outranked 88.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,484Minerva84
- #1,484Stephen84
- #1,484Yasmine84
- #1,494Gayle83
- #1,494Anya83
- #1,494Aundrea83
- #1,494Dani83
- #1,505Alysa82
- #1,505Angelita82
- #1,505Candyce82
Tied with 10 names at #1,494; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 204,613 of them was named Gayle, which outranked 43.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,130Zackory10
- #4,130Zebedee10
- #4,130Zvi10
- #4,457Gayle9
- #4,457Abdur9
- #4,457Abhishek9
- #4,457Adel9
- #4,853Abdel8
- #4,853Abelino8
- #4,853Abimael8
Tied with 395 names at #4,457; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.