Gayle*
#504 most common girls' name of all time · #927 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1891–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#504
Rank overall
#927 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
66,308
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1951 #124
Best rank
#124 1951
Girls
Boys
peak 2,929/yr
Gayle first appears in 1891. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,540 |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,216 |
| 2022 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,718 |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,530 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,626 |
| 2018 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,515 |
| 2017 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,369 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,899 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,121 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,951 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,884 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,500 |
| 2009 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,007 |
| 2008 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,130 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,981 |
| 2006 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,453 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,963 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,672 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,714 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,875 |
| 2001 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,120 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,502 |
| 1999 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,681 |
| 1998 | 29 | — | 29 | #3,925 |
| 1997 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,638 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,720 |
| 1995 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,592 |
| 1994 | 36 | — | 36 | #3,178 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,831 |
| 1992 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,779 |
| 1991 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,552 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,531 |
| 1989 | 71 | 7 | 78 | #1,854 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,792 |
| 1987 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 83 | 9 | 92 | #1,495 |
| 1985 | 97 | 11 | 108 | #1,352 |
| 1984 | 104 | 7 | 111 | #1,240 |
| 1983 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 149 | — | 149 | #989 |
| 1981 | 146 | 10 | 156 | #999 |
| 1980 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,005 |
| 1979 | 157 | 9 | 166 | #941 |
| 1978 | 174 | — | 174 | #850 |
| 1977 | 170 | 16 | 186 | #863 |
| 1976 | 193 | 11 | 204 | #751 |
| 1975 | 184 | 9 | 193 | #770 |
| 1974 | 263 | 9 | 272 | #600 |
| 1973 | 263 | 17 | 280 | #599 |
| 1972 | 322 | 16 | 338 | #528 |
| 1971 | 446 | 15 | 461 | #458 |
| 1970 | 535 | 17 | 552 | #419 |
| 1969 | 618 | 20 | 638 | #374 |
| 1968 | 652 | 15 | 667 | #347 |
| 1967 | 695 | 15 | 710 | #333 |
| 1966 | 776 | 36 | 812 | #318 |
| 1965 | 956 | 42 | 998 | #281 |
| 1964 | 1,105 | 25 | 1,130 | #271 |
| 1963 | 1,108 | 20 | 1,128 | #270 |
| 1962 | 1,266 | 33 | 1,299 | #250 |
| 1961 | 1,448 | 41 | 1,489 | #229 |
| 1960 | 1,493 | 40 | 1,533 | #220 |
| 1959 | 1,827 | 60 | 1,887 | #195 |
| 1958 | 1,947 | 63 | 2,010 | #186 |
| 1957 | 2,190 | 57 | 2,247 | #173 |
| 1956 | 2,287 | 64 | 2,351 | #163 |
| 1955 | 2,483 | 77 | 2,560 | #146 |
| 1954 | 2,497 | 73 | 2,570 | #147 |
| 1953 | 2,666 | 95 | 2,761 | #137 |
| 1952 | 2,636 | 101 | 2,737 | #135 |
| 1951 | 2,826 | 103 | 2,929 | #124 |
| 1950 | 2,368 | 97 | 2,465 | #133 |
| 1949 | 2,293 | 118 | 2,411 | #137 |
| 1948 | 2,066 | 126 | 2,192 | #141 |
| 1947 | 2,485 | 134 | 2,619 | #127 |
| 1946 | 1,927 | 146 | 2,073 | #141 |
| 1945 | 1,491 | 122 | 1,613 | #156 |
| 1944 | 1,233 | 135 | 1,368 | #173 |
| 1943 | 1,423 | 131 | 1,554 | #168 |
| 1942 | 1,188 | 102 | 1,290 | #184 |
| 1941 | 1,007 | 132 | 1,139 | #187 |
| 1940 | 1,085 | 139 | 1,224 | #177 |
| 1939 | 843 | 124 | 967 | #206 |
| 1938 | 803 | 149 | 952 | #212 |
| 1937 | 720 | 145 | 865 | #224 |
| 1936 | 717 | 181 | 898 | #227 |
| 1935 | 705 | 150 | 855 | #237 |
| 1934 | 476 | 169 | 645 | #282 |
| 1933 | 239 | 125 | 364 | #416 |
| 1932 | 225 | 114 | 339 | #441 |
| 1931 | 167 | 94 | 261 | #500 |
| 1930 | 139 | 89 | 228 | #582 |
| 1929 | 108 | 82 | 190 | #676 |
| 1928 | 119 | 84 | 203 | #646 |
| 1927 | 96 | 87 | 183 | #733 |
| 1926 | 98 | 68 | 166 | #734 |
| 1925 | 100 | 78 | 178 | #741 |
| 1924 | 107 | 78 | 185 | #719 |
| 1923 | 87 | 67 | 154 | #785 |
| 1922 | 102 | 58 | 160 | #722 |
| 1921 | 106 | 57 | 163 | #713 |
| 1920 | 102 | 57 | 159 | #719 |
| 1919 | 113 | 41 | 154 | #659 |
| 1918 | 125 | 58 | 183 | #639 |
| 1917 | 127 | 57 | 184 | #609 |
| 1916 | 107 | 59 | 166 | #662 |
| 1915 | 84 | 42 | 126 | #730 |
| 1914 | 55 | 28 | 83 | #786 |
| 1913 | 39 | 21 | 60 | #849 |
| 1912 | 35 | 19 | 54 | #856 |
| 1911 | 16 | 6 | 22 | #1,150 |
| 1910 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #1,195 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | 18 | #984 |
| 1908 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #1,968 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | 20 | #866 |
| 1906 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #1,138 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | 20 | #845 |
| 1904 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #1,338 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | 18 | #846 |
| 1901 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,200 |
| 1900 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #1,408 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | 12 | #978 |
| 1898 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #1,161 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,033 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,537 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,228 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,577 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,003 |