How Many People Are Named Gayle?
people named Gayle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,621 people in the US has this name
Based on 66,308 babies named Gayle in Social Security records from 1891 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,929 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of GAIL or GALE (2).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gayle, 96.2% were girls and 3.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Gayle rose from 81.8% in the 1900s to 100% in the 2000s. It was lowest in the 1920s, at 58.9%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gayle alive today is about 69 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gayle first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1951, to 2,929 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Gayle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #124, in 1951.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #124 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #153 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gayle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gayle were born in California than in any other state: about 4,258 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gayle was given 2.8 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in Hawaii and 2.1 times in Montana.
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