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.

Gaila

#10,258 most common girls' name of all time · #17,044 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1922–1982

Rank among girls
#10,258
Rank overall
#17,044 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
564
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1954 #1,900
Best rank
#1,900 1954
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
194019601980

Gaila first appears in 1922. 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
1982 5 — 5 #10,796
1976 6 — 6 #8,360
1975 7 — 7 #7,347
1974 5 — 5 #9,050
1972 7 — 7 #6,737
1971 12 — 12 #4,626
1970 8 — 8 #5,978
1969 10 — 10 #4,830
1968 9 — 9 #4,898
1967 11 — 11 #4,149
1966 20 — 20 #2,790
1965 17 — 17 #3,095
1964 19 — 19 #2,961
1963 13 — 13 #3,717
1962 15 — 15 #3,362
1961 16 — 16 #3,258
1960 16 — 16 #3,156
1959 22 — 22 #2,492
1958 27 — 27 #2,195
1957 18 — 18 #2,779
1956 14 — 14 #3,278
1955 22 — 22 #2,384
1954 31 — 31 #1,900
1953 23 — 23 #2,221
1952 23 — 23 #2,173
1951 12 — 12 #3,226
1950 17 — 17 #2,506
1949 13 — 13 #2,956
1948 21 — 21 #2,172
1947 24 — 24 #2,030
1946 16 — 16 #2,461
1945 13 — 13 #2,563
1944 11 — 11 #2,903
1943 16 — 16 #2,333
1942 7 — 7 #4,007
1941 7 — 7 #3,843
1940 8 — 8 #3,444
1936 8 — 8 #3,340
1925 5 — 5 #5,570
1923 5 — 5 #5,585
1922 5 — 5 #5,672