Gayle Name Popularity

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How popular is Gayle?

In 2018 the rare name Gayle, ranked the 12,833rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gayle is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #124 was reached in 1951 with 2,825 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Gayle in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2015.

Approximately during the years 1908-1917, 1926-1935, and 1937-1947, the name Gayle took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1959-1975, 1980-1986, 1987-1990, 1991-1995, and 1996-2000.

Sometimes the name Gayle has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Gayle has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Gayle has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gayle?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Gayle is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gayle has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Gayle (Girl)		Gayle (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		7	12,833	< 5	--
2017		11	9,499	< 5	--
2016		9	11,145	< 5	--
2015		< 5	--	< 5	--
2014		7	13,521	< 5	--
2013		< 5	--	< 5	--
2012		5	17,751	< 5	--
2011		6	15,461	< 5	--
2010		7	13,949	< 5	--
2009		11	10,202	< 5	--
2008		15	8,252	< 5	--
2007		7	14,411	< 5	--
2006		9	11,766	< 5	--
2005		9	11,203	< 5	--
2004		8	11,984	< 5	--
2003		10	9,915	< 5	--
2002		11	9,052	< 5	--
2001		30	4,131	< 5	--
2000		20	5,548	< 5	--
1999		18	5,742	< 5	--
1998		29	3,956	< 5	--
1997		31	3,653	< 5	--
1996		45	2,731	< 5	--
1995		30	3,614	< 5	--
1994		36	3,179	< 5	--
1993		42	2,845	< 5	--
1992		43	2,793	< 5	--
1991		48	2,569	< 5	--
1990		47	2,535	< 5	--
1989		71	1,856	7	6,457
1988		70	1,789	< 5	--
1987		79	1,583	< 5	--
1986		83	1,496	9	4,595
1985		97	1,351	11	3,889
1984		104	1,240	7	5,159
1983		112	1,172	< 5	--
1982		149	989	< 5	--
1981		146	999	10	3,941
1980		145	1,006	< 5	--
1979		158	934	9	4,181
1978		174	850	< 5	--
1977		170	863	16	2,701
1976		193	752	11	3,346
1975		184	769	9	3,752
1974		263	601	9	3,651
1973		263	599	17	2,346
1972		322	528	16	2,362
1971		446	457	15	2,487
1970		535	418	17	2,235
1969		619	373	20	1,884
1968		652	347	15	2,138
1967		695	332	15	2,070
1966		776	318	36	1,270
1965		955	281	42	1,169
1964		1,107	271	25	1,595
1963		1,108	270	20	1,806
1962		1,266	250	33	1,371
1961		1,446	229	41	1,240
1960		1,492	220	40	1,245
1959		1,828	195	59	1,006
1958		1,945	186	64	953
1957		2,191	173	57	1,005
1956		2,288	163	64	937
1955		2,483	146	77	838
1954		2,497	147	72	867
1953		2,667	136	95	736
1952		2,635	135	101	696
1951		2,825	124	103	690
1950		2,368	133	97	697
1949		2,293	137	118	630
1948		2,066	141	126	605
1947		2,485	127	134	586
1946		1,926	141	146	530
1945		1,491	156	122	540
1944		1,233	173	135	525
1943		1,423	168	131	547
1942		1,188	184	102	627
1941		1,007	187	132	515
1940		1,085	177	139	496
1939		843	206	124	509
1938		803	212	149	476
1937		720	224	145	466
1936		717	228	180	408
1935		704	237	151	462
1934		476	282	169	433
1933		239	415	125	503
1932		224	442	114	553
1931		167	499	94	614
1930		139	580	89	658
1929		108	673	82	681
1928		119	646	84	691
1927		96	732	87	698
1926		98	733	68	796
1925		100	737	78	741
1924		108	716	78	755
1923		87	782	67	823
1922		102	720	58	918
1921		106	712	57	931
1920		102	719	57	917
1919		113	657	41	1,068
1918		125	637	58	875
1917		127	606	57	850
1916		107	659	59	803
1915		84	725	42	969
1914		55	781	28	1,082
1913		39	846	21	1,124
1912		35	850	19	1,071
1911		16	1,137	6	1,612
1910		15	1,182	5	1,682
1909		18	976	< 5	--
1908		6	1,945	9	980
1907		20	854	< 5	--
1906		12	1,120	5	1,309
1905		20	832	< 5	--
1904		9	1,305	6	1,122
1903		< 5	--	< 5	--
1902		18	829	< 5	--
1901		9	1,169	< 5	--
1900		9	1,358	7	1,091
1899		12	945	< 5	--
1898		10	1,133	7	922
1897		11	1,004	< 5	--
1896		9	1,161	< 5	--
1895		6	1,483	< 5	--
1894		8	1,177	< 5	--
1893		5	1,510	< 5	--
1892		< 5	--	< 5	--
1891		9	965	< 5	--
1890		< 5	--	< 5	--
1889		< 5	--	< 5	--
1888		< 5	--	< 5	--
1887		< 5	--	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.