Gaile — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaile

The Social Security Administration has registered 898 babies named Gaile between 1909 and 1983, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaile currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaile performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 301 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gaile shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaile in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaile in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 898 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.