Baby name

Gayla

Girl

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1954, with 617 births and the No. 344 spot that year. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 36% of all babies named Gayla since 1880 were born in the 1950s.

10,838births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 344rank at its peak, in 1954

Where babies named Gayla are born

1954

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The darker the blue, the more common Gayla is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gayla is most common in Oklahoma (9.8 times), Kansas (4.5) and Arkansas (3.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Kayla 346,570
Layla 129,136
Gayle 61,357
Jayla 46,432
Ayla 38,040
Cayla 10,853

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