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Gayle
Pronounced /ɡeɪl/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1936 · #406
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:6 in 2024 (#14,664)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Gayle in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1936 with 181 babies, ranked #406.
- It first shows up in the records in 1898.
- 4,951 boys 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
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 906 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 2,267 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,473 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 247 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 44 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 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.