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Gayle
Pronounced /ɡeɪl/
Rank in 2024
#14,664
Born in 2024
6
Peak year
1951 · #124
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6 girls were named Gayle, about 1 in every 268,865.
- It peaked in 1951 with 2,826 babies, ranked #124.
- It first shows up in the records in 1891.
- 61,358 girls have been named Gayle since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Gayle per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.6Silent1928–45
- 1.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,626 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 12,688 babies, 0.61 per 1,000. Boomers: 38,918 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 6,550 babies, 0.26 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,202 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 226 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 69 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A female given name, a fanciful spelling of Gail, shortened form of Abigail.
- (now rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ɡeɪl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Gayle, CC BY-SA 4.0.