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Gayle

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93% girls / 7% boys

Origin of the name

Gayle is a spelling of Gail, a short form of Abigail.

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Short-lived name

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The high point came in 1951, with 2,826 births and the No. 124 spot that year. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 39% of all babies named Gayle since 1880 were born in the 1950s.
61,357births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 124rank at its peak, in 1951

Where babies named Gayle are born

1951

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Gayle is most common in Hawaii (2.5 times), Montana (2.3) and Utah (2.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1890s91%9%
1900s82%18%
1910s68%32%
1920s59%41%
1930s79%21%
1940s93%7%
1950s97%3%
1960s97%3%
1970s96%4%
1980s96%4%
1990s100%0%
2000s100%0%
2010s100%0%
2020s100%0%