Gaynel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaynel

The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Gaynel between 1911 and 1965, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaynel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaynel performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gaynel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gaynel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaynel 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 214 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.