Gaynelle — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gaynelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,554 babies named Gaynelle between 1893 and 1975, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaynelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaynelle performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gaynelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Gaynelle in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gaynelle 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 1,554 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.