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Gail
Pronounced /ɡeɪl/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1942 · #405
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:17 in 2024 (#6,800)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Gail in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1942 with 227 babies, ranked #405.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 8,951 boys 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.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 2,542 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Silent: 3,381 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,421 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 425 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 59 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 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.