Gayle
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1951
2,826 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
66,308
since 1891
Born a Gayle? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Gayle was most popular in 1951, when 2,826 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.6 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Gayle in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 9680 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 13464 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 12464 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 9 | 10859 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 13069 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 14824 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 11 | 9975 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 8109 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 11417 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 10921 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 9671 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 8837 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 30 | 4107 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 5491 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 18 | 5661 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 29 | 3914 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | 3626 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 45 | 2714 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 30 | 3585 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 36 | 3168 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 42 | 2825 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 43 | 2777 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 48 | 2550 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 47 | 2523 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 71 | 1851 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 70 | 1788 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 79 | 1581 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 83 | 1494 | 9 | 4457 |
| 1985 | 97 | 1350 | 11 | 3805 |
| 1984 | 104 | 1238 | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | 112 | 1169 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 149 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 146 | 998 | 10 | 3858 |
| 1980 | 145 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 157 | 940 | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | 174 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 170 | 862 | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | 193 | 750 | 11 | 3264 |
| 1975 | 184 | 770 | 9 | 3659 |
| 1974 | 263 | 600 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | 263 | 599 | 17 | 2311 |
| 1972 | 322 | 527 | 16 | 2323 |
| 1971 | 446 | 458 | 15 | 2464 |
| 1970 | 535 | 419 | 17 | 2213 |
| 1969 | 618 | 373 | 20 | 1861 |
| 1968 | 652 | 346 | 15 | 2109 |
| 1967 | 695 | 332 | 15 | 2030 |
| 1966 | 776 | 318 | 36 | 1259 |
| 1965 | 956 | 281 | 42 | 1163 |
| 1964 | 1,105 | 271 | 25 | 1581 |
| 1963 | 1,108 | 269 | 20 | 1792 |
| 1962 | 1,266 | 250 | 33 | 1367 |
| 1961 | 1,448 | 229 | 41 | 1233 |
| 1960 | 1,493 | 220 | 40 | 1242 |
| 1959 | 1,827 | 195 | 60 | 993 |
| 1958 | 1,947 | 186 | 63 | 956 |
| 1957 | 2,190 | 173 | 57 | 1005 |
| 1956 | 2,287 | 163 | 64 | 934 |
| 1955 | 2,483 | 146 | 77 | 836 |
| 1954 | 2,497 | 147 | 73 | 851 |
| 1953 | 2,666 | 136 | 95 | 735 |
| 1952 | 2,636 | 135 | 101 | 695 |
| 1951 | 2,826 | 124 | 103 | 688 |
| 1950 | 2,368 | 133 | 97 | 695 |
| 1949 | 2,293 | 137 | 118 | 628 |
| 1948 | 2,066 | 141 | 126 | 602 |
| 1947 | 2,485 | 127 | 134 | 586 |
| 1946 | 1,927 | 141 | 146 | 529 |
| 1945 | 1,491 | 156 | 122 | 540 |
| 1944 | 1,233 | 173 | 135 | 524 |
| 1943 | 1,423 | 168 | 131 | 545 |
| 1942 | 1,188 | 184 | 102 | 626 |
| 1941 | 1,007 | 186 | 132 | 513 |
| 1940 | 1,085 | 177 | 139 | 495 |
| 1939 | 843 | 206 | 124 | 508 |
| 1938 | 803 | 212 | 149 | 475 |
| 1937 | 720 | 224 | 145 | 463 |
| 1936 | 717 | 227 | 181 | 406 |
| 1935 | 705 | 237 | 150 | 464 |
| 1934 | 476 | 282 | 169 | 433 |
| 1933 | 239 | 415 | 125 | 501 |
| 1932 | 225 | 440 | 114 | 550 |
| 1931 | 167 | 499 | 94 | 611 |
| 1930 | 139 | 580 | 89 | 654 |
| 1929 | 108 | 672 | 82 | 678 |
| 1928 | 119 | 645 | 84 | 690 |
| 1927 | 96 | 731 | 87 | 695 |
| 1926 | 98 | 733 | 68 | 793 |
| 1925 | 100 | 736 | 78 | 739 |
| 1924 | 107 | 718 | 78 | 752 |
| 1923 | 87 | 782 | 67 | 821 |
| 1922 | 102 | 720 | 58 | 914 |
| 1921 | 106 | 711 | 57 | 931 |
| 1920 | 102 | 718 | 57 | 911 |
| 1919 | 113 | 655 | 41 | 1063 |
| 1918 | 125 | 632 | 58 | 869 |
| 1917 | 127 | 605 | 57 | 849 |
| 1916 | 107 | 659 | 59 | 803 |
| 1915 | 84 | 724 | 42 | 962 |
| 1914 | 55 | 777 | 28 | 1073 |
| 1913 | 39 | 840 | 21 | 1112 |
| 1912 | 35 | 846 | 19 | 1059 |
| 1911 | 16 | 1113 | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | 15 | 1171 | 5 | 1589 |
| 1909 | 18 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 6 | 1862 | 9 | 946 |
| 1907 | 20 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 12 | 1101 | 5 | 1253 |
| 1905 | 20 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | 1251 | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 18 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | 1319 | 7 | 1050 |
| 1899 | 12 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 10 | 1098 | 7 | 885 |
| 1897 | 11 | 982 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | 1426 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | 1136 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 9 | 943 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 93% · boys 7% across all years