Gaynell
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #2,868
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 92 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,251since 1886
Gaynell over time
Rank among girls' names. Gaynell has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,547 | 53 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,304 | 72 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,130 | 89 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,221 | 76 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,187 | 79 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,051 | 95 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,000 | 95 | — | |
| 1953 | #948 | 99 | — | |
| 1952 | #849 | 117 | — | |
| 1951 | #982 | 90 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,001 | 83 | — | |
| 1949 | #963 | 86 | — | |
| 1948 | #816 | 113 | — | |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 | — | |
| 1946 | #853 | 94 | — | |
| 1945 | #914 | 68 | — | |
| 1944 | #778 | 96 | — | |
| 1943 | #870 | 80 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #751 | 90 | — | |
| 1940 | #726 | 92 | — | |
| 1939 | #727 | 87 | — | |
| 1938 | #737 | 87 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #711 | 92 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #719 | 86 | — | |
| 1935 | #751 | 81 | — | |
| 1934 | #831 | 67 | — | |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 | — | |
| 1932 | #875 | 63 | — | |
| 1931 | #844 | 66 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,019 | 52 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | — | |
| 1928 | #918 | 65 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 | — | |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,283 | 37 | — | |
| 1922 | #978 | 58 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,074 | 48 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 | — | |
| 1918 | #915 | 61 | — | |
| 1917 | #834 | 67 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,013 | 46 | — | |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,098 | 30 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
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| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Gaynell! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1892, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gaynell is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#262 · 1 in 1,668
- Louisiana#319 · 1 in 2,048
- North Carolina#350 · 1 in 3,563
- South Carolina#358 · 1 in 3,328
- Georgia#436 · 1 in 4,895
Best ever in a state: #218 in Louisiana, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #262 | 17 | 1 in 1,668 |
| Louisiana | #319 | 10 | 1 in 2,048 |
| North Carolina | #350 | 10 | 1 in 3,563 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 6 | 1 in 3,328 |
| Georgia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 4,895 |
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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 Gaynell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 829 spots in 1907 (#1,727 → #898)
- Biggest drop: 778 spots in 1908 (#898 → #1,676)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1937 at #711 (92 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1931–1949
- Highest: 1 in 11,566 girls born in 1937 were named Gaynell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 375,001 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 21.1% of all girls named Gaynell (896) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #1,108 (1886) | #1,192 |
| 1890s | 61 | #786 (1897) | #1,159 |
| 1900s | 105 | #880 (1904) | #1,261 |
| 1910s | 369 | #834 (1917) | #1,090 |
| 1920s | 511 | #918 (1928) | #1,065 |
| 1930s | 754 | #711 (1937) | #798 |
| 1940s | 886 | #726 (1940) | #848 |
| 1950s | 896 | #849 (1952) | #1,054 |
| 1960s | 452 | #1,304 (1962) | #1,853 |
| 1970s | 162 | #2,477 (1971) | #4,555 |
| 1980s | 34 | #7,749 (1986) | #8,517 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,409 (1990) | #12,278 |
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.
Gaynell in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 12,098 of them was named Gaynell, which outranked 85.2% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.