Gayla is an established variant of Gail that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Gayla is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Gayla first appears in 1921 and peaked in 1954 (617 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #15,245 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #18,564 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #12,780 | — |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #17,352 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | #10,994 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #14,464 | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #11,470 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,891 | — |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,207 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #6,008 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #5,889 | — |
| 1997 | 27 | — | #4,052 | — |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #5,360 | — |
| 1995 | 29 | — | #3,697 | — |
| 1994 | 28 | — | #3,820 | — |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #5,062 | — |
| 1992 | 22 | — | #4,584 | — |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,051 | — |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #4,044 | — |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,280 | — |
| 1988 | 30 | — | #3,253 | — |
| 1987 | 50 | — | #2,167 | — |
| 1986 | 27 | — | #3,301 | — |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #2,963 | — |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #2,800 | — |
| 1983 | 42 | — | #2,282 | — |
| 1982 | 50 | — | #2,062 | — |
| 1981 | 47 | — | #2,166 | — |
| 1980 | 46 | — | #2,200 | — |
| 1979 | 66 | — | #1,685 | — |
| 1978 | 71 | — | #1,547 | — |
| 1977 | 105 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1976 | 83 | — | #1,312 | — |
| 1975 | 103 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1974 | 94 | — | #1,188 | — |
| 1973 | 118 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1972 | 140 | — | #898 | — |
| 1971 | 193 | — | #760 | — |
| 1970 | 227 | — | #690 | — |
| 1969 | 235 | — | #652 | — |
| 1968 | 252 | — | #607 | — |
| 1967 | 264 | — | #589 | — |
| 1966 | 309 | — | #536 | — |
| 1965 | 333 | — | #523 | — |
| 1964 | 355 | — | #521 | — |
| 1963 | 353 | — | #517 | — |
| 1962 | 370 | — | #502 | — |
| 1961 | 466 | — | #456 | #3,787 |
| 1960 | 399 | — | #489 | — |
| 1959 | 421 | — | #473 | — |
| 1958 | 373 | — | #497 | — |
| 1957 | 390 | — | #482 | — |
| 1956 | 397 | — | #466 | — |
| 1955 | 432 | — | #425 | — |
| 1954 | 617 | — | #345 | — |
| 1953 | 481 | — | #388 | — |
| 1952 | 287 | — | #496 | — |
| 1951 | 282 | — | #489 | — |
| 1950 | 237 | — | #538 | — |
| 1949 | 276 | — | #483 | — |
| 1948 | 224 | — | #554 | — |
| 1947 | 213 | — | #583 | — |
| 1946 | 168 | — | #612 | — |
| 1945 | 88 | — | #805 | — |
| 1944 | 78 | — | #865 | — |
| 1943 | 80 | — | #871 | — |
| 1942 | 92 | — | #794 | — |
| 1941 | 75 | — | #840 | — |
| 1940 | 58 | — | #947 | — |
| 1939 | 63 | — | #884 | — |
| 1938 | 67 | — | #862 | — |
| 1937 | 56 | — | #923 | — |
| 1936 | 48 | — | #995 | — |
| 1935 | 25 | — | #1,491 | — |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,341 | — |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #1,861 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #2,067 | — |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,326 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,233 | — |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,229 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,925 | — |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,673 | — |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,697 | — |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #4,177 | — |