Gayl
Gayl reached its high-water mark in 1952 at number 1,469, and has been recorded 622 times in all. It has not appeared in the national data since 1975. About 420 Gayls are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 71.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Gayl boys named Gayl
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 622
- Estimated living today
- 420
- Median age today
- 71
- Peak year
- 1952
- Best rank
- 1,469th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 1917
- Girls / boys
- 607 / 15
How old the living Gayls are
born that year still alive today
Of the 622 babies given the name since 1917, about 420 are alive — 68 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1954 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where Gayl is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1952
The most popular girls’ names the year Gayl peaked:
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Gayl against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.