Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Gayl.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1917
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See the 44 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 |
| 1927 | 4 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1933 | 5 |
| 1934 | 10 |
| 1935 | 10 |
| 1936 | 8 |
| 1937 | 13 |
| 1938 | 10 |
| 1939 | 11 |
| 1940 | 8 |
| 1941 | 15 |
| 1942 | 9 |
| 1943 | 9 |
| 1944 | 11 |
| 1945 | 15 |
| 1946 | 11 |
| 1947 | 14 |
| 1948 | 7 |
| 1949 | 13 |
| 1950 | 10 |
| 1951 | 14 |
| 1952 | 23 |
| 1953 | 12 |
| 1954 | 15 |
| 1955 | 11 |
| 1956 | 12 |
| 1957 | 4 |
| 1958 | 8 |
| 1959 | 8 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 6 |
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 9 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1968 | 6 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 3 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1975 | 4 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Gayl isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Gayl
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 1975
- 6
- Rank in 1975
- #7,984
- How rare
- 1 in 242,976 girls
- Since 1917
- 607
Gayl was last recorded in 1975. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1952, at 23 per million girls born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gayl doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.