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.

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
1940196019802000

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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