How Many People Are Named Gaynell?
people named Gaynell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 168,035 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,269 babies named Gaynell in Social Security records from 1886 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
117 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Gaynell (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gaynell alive today is about 71 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gaynell first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1952, to 117 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Gaynell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #711, in 1937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #711 (1937) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,068 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gaynell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gaynell were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 480 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gaynell was given 14.3 times as often in Louisiana, 6.3 times in Alabama and 4.8 times in Virginia.
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