Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gail

#197 most common girls' name of all time · #376 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#197
Rank overall
#376 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
210,698
Since 2016
168
Peak year
1951 #36
Best rank
#36 1951
Girls Boys peak 10,066/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gail first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 — 12 #8,378
2024 17 — 17 #6,649
2023 21 — 21 #5,762
2022 13 — 13 #8,046
2021 20 — 20 #5,966
2020 19 — 19 #6,094
2019 15 — 15 #7,352
2018 18 — 18 #6,529
2017 13 — 13 #8,311
2016 20 — 20 #6,198
2015 15 — 15 #7,627
2014 13 — 13 #8,498
2013 24 — 24 #5,496
2012 22 — 22 #5,902
2011 14 — 14 #8,211
2010 15 — 15 #7,897
2009 19 — 19 #6,823
2008 19 — 19 #6,805
2007 23 — 23 #5,900
2006 21 — 21 #6,134
2005 24 — 24 #5,275
2004 46 — 46 #3,271
2003 37 — 37 #3,733
2002 30 — 30 #4,183
2001 28 — 28 #4,325
2000 37 — 37 #3,531
1999 41 — 41 #3,154
1998 57 — 57 #2,432
1997 58 — 58 #2,309
1996 63 — 63 #2,154
1995 54 — 54 #2,396
1994 65 — 65 #2,105
1993 77 — 77 #1,855
1992 93 — 93 #1,632
1991 117 — 117 #1,375
1990 127 — 127 #1,281
1989 131 6 137 #1,227
1988 136 6 142 #1,129
1987 144 8 152 #1,064
1986 154 5 159 #1,001
1985 194 — 194 #839
1984 238 5 243 #700
1983 275 6 281 #627
1982 306 6 312 #593
1981 290 17 307 #625
1980 303 6 309 #606
1979 350 13 363 #537
1978 392 11 403 #495
1977 392 14 406 #485
1976 475 20 495 #425
1975 560 26 586 #370
1974 628 25 653 #346
1973 746 30 776 #313
1972 987 34 1,021 #267
1971 1,184 39 1,223 #249
1970 1,424 24 1,448 #222
1969 1,562 37 1,599 #202
1968 1,802 32 1,834 #180
1967 2,022 37 2,059 #163
1966 2,301 39 2,340 #152
1965 2,859 38 2,897 #134
1964 3,446 39 3,485 #125
1963 4,104 52 4,156 #106
1962 4,380 65 4,445 #103
1961 4,973 75 5,048 #94
1960 5,428 58 5,486 #90
1959 6,344 105 6,449 #75
1958 6,608 89 6,697 #72
1957 7,952 103 8,055 #54
1956 8,435 112 8,547 #49
1955 8,972 115 9,087 #42
1954 9,726 108 9,834 #37
1953 9,585 155 9,740 #39
1952 9,760 167 9,927 #39
1951 9,886 180 10,066 #36
1950 8,350 173 8,523 #42
1949 7,225 210 7,435 #51
1948 6,603 202 6,805 #51
1947 7,242 205 7,447 #49
1946 6,227 209 6,436 #49
1945 4,832 167 4,999 #52
1944 4,526 195 4,721 #56
1943 4,810 213 5,023 #55
1942 4,445 227 4,672 #60
1941 3,609 199 3,808 #68
1940 3,621 190 3,811 #65
1939 3,355 217 3,572 #73
1938 3,214 193 3,407 #77
1937 2,635 218 2,853 #99
1936 2,342 220 2,562 #102
1935 1,800 194 1,994 #127
1934 1,176 212 1,388 #164
1933 541 171 712 #264
1932 354 156 510 #337
1931 239 135 374 #416
1930 198 151 349 #476
1929 172 147 319 #517
1928 173 176 349 #529
1927 186 122 308 #516
1926 206 189 395 #485
1925 163 179 342 #563
1924 165 172 337 #569
1923 154 208 362 #582
1922 142 175 317 #612
1921 204 177 381 #484
1920 181 171 352 #526
1919 184 176 360 #496
1918 206 170 376 #466
1917 217 158 375 #437
1916 196 151 347 #457
1915 135 143 278 #552
1914 102 88 190 #555
1913 58 61 119 #685
1912 53 40 93 #695
1911 32 23 55 #772
1910 33 25 58 #747
1909 32 10 42 #716
1908 30 13 43 #718
1907 35 19 54 #635
1906 34 12 46 #617
1905 14 8 22 #1,032
1904 36 12 48 #565
1903 31 17 48 #594
1902 26 11 37 #656
1901 25 12 37 #640
1900 28 9 37 #682
1899 32 8 40 #534
1898 32 11 43 #580
1897 32 6 38 #528
1896 36 9 45 #498
1895 32 13 45 #529
1894 22 10 32 #636
1893 31 13 44 #499
1892 21 11 32 #635
1891 29 7 36 #482
1890 20 — 20 #597
1889 19 6 25 #599
1888 15 7 22 #686
1887 9 — 9 #832
1886 12 6 18 #687
1885 17 — 17 #539
1884 8 — 8 #831
1883 8 — 8 #737
1882 8 7 15 #726
1881 5 — 5 #903