Gayl — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gayl

The Social Security Administration has registered 607 babies named Gayl between 1917 and 1975, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gayl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gayl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 225 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gayl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gayl in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gayl 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 607 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.