Gayla
#1,544 most common girls' name of all time · #2,670 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1921–2014
Rank among girls
#1,544
Rank overall
#2,670 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
10,844
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1954 #345
Best rank
#345 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 617/yr
Gayla first appears in 1921. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,743 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,862 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,538 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,688 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,804 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,038 |
| 2002 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,213 |
| 2001 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,794 |
| 2000 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,110 |
| 1999 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,943 |
| 1998 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,851 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,027 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,326 |
| 1995 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,695 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,806 |
| 1993 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,047 |
| 1992 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,563 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,045 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,045 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | 32 | #3,283 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,243 |
| 1987 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,170 |
| 1986 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,300 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,961 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,809 |
| 1983 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,283 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,060 |
| 1981 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,175 |
| 1980 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,201 |
| 1979 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,684 |
| 1978 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,548 |
| 1977 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,176 |
| 1976 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,311 |
| 1975 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,131 |
| 1974 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,191 |
| 1973 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,005 |
| 1972 | 140 | — | 140 | #899 |
| 1971 | 193 | — | 193 | #762 |
| 1970 | 227 | — | 227 | #691 |
| 1969 | 235 | — | 235 | #651 |
| 1968 | 252 | — | 252 | #607 |
| 1967 | 264 | — | 264 | #590 |
| 1966 | 309 | — | 309 | #537 |
| 1965 | 333 | — | 333 | #523 |
| 1964 | 355 | — | 355 | #520 |
| 1963 | 353 | — | 353 | #517 |
| 1962 | 370 | — | 370 | #503 |
| 1961 | 460 | 6 | 466 | #456 |
| 1960 | 399 | — | 399 | #489 |
| 1959 | 421 | — | 421 | #473 |
| 1958 | 373 | — | 373 | #496 |
| 1957 | 390 | — | 390 | #483 |
| 1956 | 397 | — | 397 | #467 |
| 1955 | 432 | — | 432 | #425 |
| 1954 | 617 | — | 617 | #345 |
| 1953 | 481 | — | 481 | #388 |
| 1952 | 287 | — | 287 | #496 |
| 1951 | 282 | — | 282 | #489 |
| 1950 | 237 | — | 237 | #538 |
| 1949 | 276 | — | 276 | #484 |
| 1948 | 224 | — | 224 | #554 |
| 1947 | 213 | — | 213 | #583 |
| 1946 | 168 | — | 168 | #612 |
| 1945 | 88 | — | 88 | #809 |
| 1944 | 78 | — | 78 | #866 |
| 1943 | 80 | — | 80 | #876 |
| 1942 | 92 | — | 92 | #800 |
| 1941 | 75 | — | 75 | #843 |
| 1940 | 58 | — | 58 | #950 |
| 1939 | 63 | — | 63 | #890 |
| 1938 | 67 | — | 67 | #865 |
| 1937 | 56 | — | 56 | #926 |
| 1936 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,002 |
| 1935 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,512 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,410 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,904 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,126 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,461 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,454 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,375 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,145 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,848 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,844 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,442 |