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Gail

Pronounced /ɡeɪl/

Rank in 2024
#6,800
Born in 2024
17
Peak year
1951 · #36
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 17 girls were named Gail, about 1 in every 94,893.
  • It peaked in 1951 with 9,886 babies, ranked #36.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 201,730 girls have been named Gail since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Gail per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.1
    Greatest
  2. 2.0
    Silent
  3. 3.8
    Boomers
  4. 0.7
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 2,880 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Silent: 42,041 babies, 2.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 135,243 babies, 3.78 per 1,000. Gen X: 17,987 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,464 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen Z: 491 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 208 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A female given name, a diminutive of Abigail.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ɡeɪl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Gail, CC BY-SA 4.0.