Gaynell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaynell

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,251 babies named Gaynell between 1886 and 1991, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaynell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaynell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 896 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gaynell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 652 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaynell in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaynell 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 4,251 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.