How Many People Are Named Gaila?
people named Gaila are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 798,562 people in the US has this name
Based on 564 babies named Gaila in Social Security records from 1922 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
31 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaborated form of GAIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gaila in English. Counting Gaila and these spellings together, about 9,227 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gaila in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaila alive today is about 67 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 60 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaila first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1954, to 31 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Gaila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,888, in 1954.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,888 (1954) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,394 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaila were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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