NameTides

Gayle

Gayle peaked in the US in 1951 at #124, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.

Gayle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Gayle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020
Gayle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2024#13,477 (6)—————
2023#11,169 (8)—————
2022#9,680 (10)—————
2021#13,464 (6)—————
2019#15,539 (5)—————
2018#12,464 (7)—————
2017#9,341 (11)—————
2016#10,859 (9)—————
2014#13,069 (7)—————
2012#16,869 (5)—————
2011#14,824 (6)—————
2010#13,448 (7)—————
2009#9,975 (11)—————
2008#8,109 (15)—————
2007#13,924 (7)—————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1951 at #124.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.
  • In 1989, 91% of US babies named Gayle were girls.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GayleCanadaGirls—too few
GayleEngland & WalesGirls—too few
GayleIrelandGirls—too few
GayleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GayleNSWGirls—too few
GayleScotlandGirls—too few
GayleUSGirls—too few
GayleUSBoys—too few