Gayle is a familiar variant of Gail that peaked in 1951 and has since faded.
Gayle is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Gayle was first reported in SSA data in 1891 and peaked in 1951 (2,826 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | #14,052 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #11,540 | — |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #9,944 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #14,072 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | #16,368 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | #12,930 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #9,533 | — |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | #11,168 | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | #13,545 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | #17,771 | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | #15,474 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #13,961 | — |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | #10,211 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 15 | #8,262 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 | #14,417 | — |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #11,773 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | #11,205 | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #11,989 | — |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,920 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #9,054 | — |
| 2001 | 30 | 30 | #4,133 | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,551 | — |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | #5,742 | — |
| 1998 | 29 | 29 | #3,956 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | — | #3,653 | — |
| 1996 | 45 | — | #2,730 | — |
| 1995 | 30 | — | #3,615 | — |
| 1994 | 36 | — | #3,179 | — |
| 1993 | 42 | — | #2,846 | — |
| 1992 | 43 | — | #2,793 | — |
| 1991 | 48 | — | #2,568 | — |
| 1990 | 47 | — | #2,535 | — |
| 1989 | 78 | — | #1,857 | #6,462 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | #1,790 | — |
| 1987 | 79 | — | #1,584 | — |
| 1986 | 92 | — | #1,497 | #4,600 |
| 1985 | 108 | — | #1,351 | #3,890 |
| 1984 | 111 | — | #1,239 | #5,164 |
| 1983 | 112 | — | #1,172 | — |
| 1982 | 149 | — | #990 | — |
| 1981 | 156 | — | #999 | #3,945 |
| 1980 | 145 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1979 | 166 | — | #940 | #4,185 |
| 1978 | 174 | — | #850 | — |
| 1977 | 186 | — | #863 | #2,700 |
| 1976 | 204 | — | #751 | #3,348 |
| 1975 | 193 | — | #771 | #3,749 |
| 1974 | 272 | — | #600 | #3,656 |
| 1973 | 280 | — | #599 | #2,348 |
| 1972 | 338 | — | #527 | #2,360 |
| 1971 | 461 | — | #458 | #2,489 |
| 1970 | 552 | — | #419 | #2,235 |
| 1969 | 638 | — | #373 | #1,884 |
| 1968 | 667 | — | #347 | #2,139 |
| 1967 | 710 | — | #332 | #2,068 |
| 1966 | 812 | — | #318 | #1,269 |
| 1965 | 998 | — | #281 | #1,171 |
| 1964 | 1,130 | — | #271 | #1,594 |
| 1963 | 1,128 | — | #270 | #1,811 |
| 1962 | 1,299 | — | #250 | #1,375 |
| 1961 | 1,489 | — | #229 | #1,240 |
| 1960 | 1,533 | — | #220 | #1,244 |
| 1959 | 1,887 | — | #195 | #999 |
| 1958 | 2,010 | — | #186 | #959 |
| 1957 | 2,247 | — | #173 | #1,007 |
| 1956 | 2,351 | — | #163 | #938 |
| 1955 | 2,560 | — | #146 | #840 |
| 1954 | 2,570 | — | #147 | #855 |
| 1953 | 2,761 | — | #136 | #736 |
| 1952 | 2,737 | — | #135 | #695 |
| 1951 | 2,929 | — | #124 | #691 |
| 1950 | 2,465 | — | #133 | #696 |
| 1949 | 2,411 | — | #137 | #630 |
| 1948 | 2,192 | — | #141 | #604 |
| 1947 | 2,619 | — | #127 | #587 |
| 1946 | 2,073 | — | #141 | #531 |
| 1945 | 1,613 | — | #156 | #540 |
| 1944 | 1,368 | — | #173 | #525 |
| 1943 | 1,554 | — | #168 | #546 |
| 1942 | 1,290 | — | #184 | #627 |
| 1941 | 1,139 | — | #187 | #515 |
| 1940 | 1,224 | — | #177 | #496 |
| 1939 | 967 | — | #206 | #509 |
| 1938 | 952 | — | #212 | #476 |
| 1937 | 865 | — | #224 | #466 |
| 1936 | 898 | — | #228 | #408 |
| 1935 | 855 | — | #237 | #464 |
| 1934 | 645 | — | #282 | #433 |
| 1933 | 364 | — | #415 | #503 |
| 1932 | 339 | — | #441 | #553 |
| 1931 | 261 | — | #499 | #612 |
| 1930 | 228 | — | #580 | #658 |
| 1929 | 190 | — | #673 | #681 |
| 1928 | 203 | — | #646 | #691 |
| 1927 | 183 | — | #732 | #699 |
| 1926 | 166 | — | #733 | #796 |
| 1925 | 178 | — | #737 | #740 |
| 1924 | 185 | — | #720 | #755 |
| 1923 | 154 | — | #783 | #823 |
| 1922 | 160 | — | #720 | #918 |
| 1921 | 163 | — | #712 | #931 |
| 1920 | 159 | — | #719 | #917 |
| 1919 | 154 | — | #657 | #1,068 |
| 1918 | 183 | — | #637 | #875 |
| 1917 | 184 | — | #606 | #850 |
| 1916 | 166 | — | #659 | #803 |
| 1915 | 126 | — | #725 | #969 |
| 1914 | 83 | — | #781 | #1,082 |
| 1913 | 60 | — | #846 | #1,124 |
| 1912 | 54 | — | #850 | #1,071 |
| 1911 | 22 | — | #1,137 | #1,612 |
| 1910 | 20 | — | #1,182 | #1,682 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | #976 | — |
| 1908 | 15 | — | #1,945 | #980 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | #854 | — |
| 1906 | 17 | — | #1,120 | #1,309 |
| 1905 | 20 | — | #832 | — |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #1,305 | #1,122 |
| 1902 | 18 | — | #829 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1900 | 16 | — | #1,358 | #1,091 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | #945 | — |
| 1898 | 17 | — | #1,133 | #922 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #1,004 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,161 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,483 | — |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #1,177 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,510 | — |
| 1891 | 9 | — | #965 | — |