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.

Gayl

#9,632 most common girls' name of all time · #16,027 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1917–1975

Rank among girls
#9,632
Rank overall
#16,027 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
622
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #1,481
Best rank
#1,481 1952
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
192019401960

Gayl first appears in 1917. 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
1975 6 — 6 #8,179
1973 8 — 8 #6,220
1972 5 — 5 #8,533
1971 8 — 8 #6,148
1970 6 — 6 #7,281
1969 5 — 5 #7,722
1968 10 — 10 #4,587
1966 14 — 14 #3,461
1965 9 — 9 #4,602
1964 9 — 9 #4,773
1963 18 — 18 #3,005
1962 13 — 13 #3,669
1961 13 — 13 #3,684
1960 11 — 11 #4,027
1959 17 — 17 #2,924
1958 17 — 17 #2,918
1957 9 — 9 #4,346
1956 24 — 24 #2,287
1955 21 — 21 #2,449
1954 29 — 29 #1,969
1953 23 — 23 #2,217
1952 43 — 43 #1,481
1951 25 — 25 #1,999
1950 17 — 17 #2,499
1949 23 — 23 #2,045
1948 12 — 12 #3,076
1947 24 — 24 #2,027
1946 17 — 17 #2,368
1945 19 — 19 #1,979
1944 14 — 14 #2,479
1943 13 — 13 #2,656
1942 12 5 17 #2,772
1941 18 — 18 #2,003
1940 9 — 9 #3,136
1939 12 — 12 #2,556
1938 11 5 16 #2,705
1937 14 — 14 #2,297
1936 8 — 8 #3,325
1935 11 — 11 #2,702
1934 10 — 10 #2,885
1933 5 5 10 #4,618
1931 5 — 5 #4,776
1927 5 — 5 #5,292
1917 5 — 5 #5,165