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 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 12,683 of them was named Gaynell, which outranked 85.2% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 158,450 of them was named Gaynell, which outranked 28.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,646Zackie8
- #2,646Zebedee8
- #2,646Zigmund8
- #2,868Gaynell7
- #2,868Abran7
- #2,868Acey7
- #2,868Aldean7
- #3,175Abelino6
- #3,175Adolphe6
- #3,175Adolpho6
Tied with 306 names at #2,868; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.