Gail was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #36 in 1951 but is far less common today.
Gail is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,535 for girl births in the United States (and #14,572 across all names), given to 12 babies. Gail was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1951 (9,886 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | #8,535 | — |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | #6,743 | — |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #5,818 | — |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | #8,206 | — |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | #6,025 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #6,158 | — |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | #7,480 | — |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #6,621 | — |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | #8,454 | — |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | #6,259 | — |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 | #7,753 | — |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #8,635 | — |
| 2013 | 24 | 24 | #5,543 | — |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | #5,976 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,341 | — |
| 2010 | 15 | 15 | #8,030 | — |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #6,900 | — |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #6,894 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #5,958 | — |
| 2006 | 21 | 21 | #6,207 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #5,328 | — |
| 2004 | 46 | 46 | #3,285 | — |
| 2003 | 37 | 37 | #3,757 | — |
| 2002 | 30 | 30 | #4,214 | — |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | #4,358 | — |
| 2000 | 37 | 37 | #3,543 | — |
| 1999 | 41 | 41 | #3,158 | — |
| 1998 | 57 | 57 | #2,437 | — |
| 1997 | 58 | — | #2,315 | — |
| 1996 | 63 | — | #2,161 | — |
| 1995 | 54 | — | #2,400 | — |
| 1994 | 65 | — | #2,110 | — |
| 1993 | 77 | — | #1,858 | — |
| 1992 | 93 | — | #1,634 | — |
| 1991 | 117 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1990 | 127 | — | #1,282 | — |
| 1989 | 137 | — | #1,227 | #7,296 |
| 1988 | 142 | — | #1,130 | #6,695 |
| 1987 | 152 | — | #1,065 | #5,120 |
| 1986 | 159 | — | #1,002 | #7,088 |
| 1985 | 194 | — | #838 | — |
| 1984 | 243 | — | #698 | #6,657 |
| 1983 | 281 | — | #627 | #5,718 |
| 1982 | 312 | — | #593 | #5,891 |
| 1981 | 307 | — | #624 | #2,710 |
| 1980 | 309 | — | #605 | #5,767 |
| 1979 | 363 | — | #536 | #3,227 |
| 1978 | 403 | — | #496 | #3,479 |
| 1977 | 406 | — | #485 | #2,958 |
| 1976 | 495 | — | #426 | #2,269 |
| 1975 | 586 | — | #370 | #1,852 |
| 1974 | 653 | — | #346 | #1,852 |
| 1973 | 776 | — | #313 | #1,597 |
| 1972 | 1,021 | — | #267 | #1,463 |
| 1971 | 1,223 | — | #249 | #1,359 |
| 1970 | 1,448 | — | #222 | #1,817 |
| 1969 | 1,599 | — | #202 | #1,307 |
| 1968 | 1,834 | — | #180 | #1,373 |
| 1967 | 2,059 | — | #163 | #1,236 |
| 1966 | 2,340 | — | #152 | #1,205 |
| 1965 | 2,897 | — | #134 | #1,245 |
| 1964 | 3,485 | — | #125 | #1,248 |
| 1963 | 4,156 | — | #105 | #1,061 |
| 1962 | 4,445 | — | #103 | #941 |
| 1961 | 5,048 | — | #94 | #888 |
| 1960 | 5,486 | — | #90 | #1,015 |
| 1959 | 6,449 | — | #75 | #747 |
| 1958 | 6,697 | — | #72 | #792 |
| 1957 | 8,055 | — | #54 | #740 |
| 1956 | 8,547 | — | #49 | #701 |
| 1955 | 9,087 | — | #42 | #686 |
| 1954 | 9,834 | — | #37 | #694 |
| 1953 | 9,740 | — | #39 | #576 |
| 1952 | 9,927 | — | #39 | #543 |
| 1951 | 10,066 | — | #36 | #506 |
| 1950 | 8,523 | — | #42 | #510 |
| 1949 | 7,435 | — | #51 | #457 |
| 1948 | 6,805 | — | #51 | #471 |
| 1947 | 7,447 | — | #49 | #469 |
| 1946 | 6,436 | — | #49 | #438 |
| 1945 | 4,999 | — | #52 | #459 |
| 1944 | 4,721 | — | #56 | #438 |
| 1943 | 5,023 | — | #55 | #425 |
| 1942 | 4,672 | — | #60 | #404 |
| 1941 | 3,808 | — | #68 | #414 |
| 1940 | 3,811 | — | #65 | #424 |
| 1939 | 3,572 | — | #73 | #384 |
| 1938 | 3,407 | — | #77 | #409 |
| 1937 | 2,853 | — | #99 | #371 |
| 1936 | 2,562 | — | #101 | #367 |
| 1935 | 1,994 | — | #127 | #393 |
| 1934 | 1,388 | — | #164 | #373 |
| 1933 | 712 | — | #264 | #416 |
| 1932 | 510 | — | #337 | #456 |
| 1931 | 374 | — | #415 | #494 |
| 1930 | 349 | — | #476 | #484 |
| 1929 | 319 | — | #516 | #484 |
| 1928 | 349 | — | #529 | #455 |
| 1927 | 308 | — | #515 | #560 |
| 1926 | 395 | — | #485 | #439 |
| 1925 | 342 | — | #563 | #449 |
| 1924 | 337 | — | #568 | #470 |
| 1923 | 362 | — | #582 | #417 |
| 1922 | 317 | — | #610 | #467 |
| 1921 | 381 | — | #483 | #462 |
| 1920 | 352 | — | #525 | #466 |
| 1919 | 360 | — | #494 | #445 |
| 1918 | 376 | — | #465 | #455 |
| 1917 | 375 | — | #436 | #450 |
| 1916 | 347 | — | #457 | #462 |
| 1915 | 278 | — | #552 | #459 |
| 1914 | 190 | — | #554 | #525 |
| 1913 | 119 | — | #683 | #555 |
| 1912 | 93 | — | #691 | #673 |
| 1911 | 55 | — | #769 | #657 |
| 1910 | 58 | — | #743 | #572 |
| 1909 | 42 | — | #713 | #974 |
| 1908 | 43 | — | #717 | #762 |
| 1907 | 54 | — | #634 | #568 |
| 1906 | 46 | — | #616 | #722 |
| 1905 | 22 | — | #1,030 | #955 |
| 1904 | 48 | — | #565 | #702 |
| 1903 | 48 | — | #591 | #532 |
| 1902 | 37 | — | #657 | #707 |
| 1901 | 37 | — | #638 | #616 |
| 1900 | 37 | — | #680 | #933 |
| 1899 | 40 | — | #528 | #811 |
| 1898 | 43 | — | #575 | #677 |
| 1897 | 38 | — | #524 | #991 |
| 1896 | 45 | — | #493 | #794 |
| 1895 | 45 | — | #524 | #586 |
| 1894 | 32 | — | #632 | #690 |
| 1893 | 44 | — | #493 | #552 |
| 1892 | 32 | — | #625 | #655 |
| 1891 | 36 | — | #478 | #800 |
| 1890 | 20 | — | #588 | — |
| 1889 | 25 | — | #592 | #916 |
| 1888 | 22 | — | #673 | #860 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #814 | — |
| 1886 | 18 | — | #672 | #890 |
| 1885 | 17 | — | #528 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #815 | — |
| 1883 | 8 | — | #722 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | — | #707 | #789 |
| 1881 | 5 | — | #869 | — |