Gaynelle
Gaynelle was last recorded in 1975, when 6 babies were given it; 1,554 Americans have been recorded with it between 1893 and 1975 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gaynelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Gaynelle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #8,325, in 1975; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
47 babies in 1937, the peak
Gaynelle peaked in 1937, when 47 girls were given it, #1,040 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | #8,325 | 4.1 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,777 | 4.6 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,679 | 5.4 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,848 | 6.3 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,523 | 6.5 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,074 | 7.3 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,137 | 4.8 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,901 | 3.0 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,307 | 8.5 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,757 | 6.9 |
Every recorded year (72)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | #5,499 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,484 | 7.1 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,994 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,071 | 15.3 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,621 | 9.9 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,789 | 8.9 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,850 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,165 | 13.0 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,077 | 13.8 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,958 | 14.9 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,545 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,691 | 18.3 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,899 | 15.0 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,074 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,475 | 22.8 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,505 | 22.4 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,469 | 23.1 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,046 | 13.4 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,631 | 19.9 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,443 | 24.1 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,429 | 24.4 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,329 | 27.4 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,547 | 21.5 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,300 | 28.9 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,487 | 23.7 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,208 | 33.5 |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,040 | 44.2 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,356 | 27.9 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,952 | 16.2 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,328 | 28.7 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,450 | 25.8 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,400 | 27.2 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,299 | 30.1 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,546 | 23.1 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,428 | 26.0 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,697 | 20.8 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,635 | 21.8 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,847 | 18.6 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,659 | 21.4 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,512 | 24.8 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,799 | 19.1 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,657 | 21.6 |
| 1921 | 35 | #1,351 | 28.4 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,483 | 25.0 |
| 1919 | 32 | #1,378 | 28.3 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,308 | 29.4 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,353 | 27.7 |
| 1916 | 29 | #1,365 | 27.8 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,173 | 14.2 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,461 | 26.3 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,080 | 16.0 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,565 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,703 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,010 | 17.7 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,239 | 34.5 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,055 | 17.1 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,994 | 18.2 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,503 | 26.5 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,812 | 20.0 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,695 | 21.5 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,248 | 33.6 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,338 | 28.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Gaynelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Gaynelle has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 72 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Gaynelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gaynelle, and how old are they?
An estimated 591 Americans named Gaynelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 67 and 82. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 803 people named Gaynelle (802 women and girls, 1 man or boy). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 741 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gaynelle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gaynelle and names like it
- Compare Gaynelle and NoreneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sGaynelle peaked in 1937.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gaynelle since 1910.
- The top names of 1937The year the most babies were named Gaynelle.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Gaynelle alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with GMost given first.