Gaynell is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Gaynell is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1991. Gaynell was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1952 (117 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5 | — | #13,889 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #11,872 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #7,979 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,447 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,320 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,521 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #10,935 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,319 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,164 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #6,510 | — |
| 1976 | 18 | — | #3,721 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #4,955 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,748 | — |
| 1973 | 21 | — | #3,153 | — |
| 1972 | 21 | — | #3,097 | — |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #2,500 | — |
| 1970 | 19 | — | #3,344 | — |
| 1969 | 29 | — | #2,415 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #2,812 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | — | #1,857 | — |
| 1966 | 31 | — | #2,112 | — |
| 1965 | 30 | — | #2,168 | — |
| 1964 | 51 | — | #1,598 | — |
| 1963 | 53 | — | #1,554 | — |
| 1962 | 72 | — | #1,307 | — |
| 1961 | 59 | — | #1,457 | — |
| 1960 | 66 | — | #1,357 | — |
| 1959 | 89 | — | #1,133 | — |
| 1958 | 76 | — | #1,224 | — |
| 1957 | 79 | — | #1,189 | — |
| 1956 | 95 | — | #1,054 | — |
| 1955 | 73 | — | #1,169 | — |
| 1954 | 95 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1953 | 99 | — | #952 | — |
| 1952 | 117 | — | #850 | — |
| 1951 | 90 | — | #982 | — |
| 1950 | 83 | — | #1,001 | — |
| 1949 | 86 | — | #965 | — |
| 1948 | 113 | — | #817 | — |
| 1947 | 79 | — | #996 | — |
| 1946 | 94 | — | #854 | — |
| 1945 | 68 | — | #919 | — |
| 1944 | 96 | — | #782 | — |
| 1943 | 80 | — | #872 | — |
| 1942 | 88 | — | #818 | — |
| 1941 | 90 | — | #753 | — |
| 1940 | 92 | — | #727 | — |
| 1939 | 87 | — | #729 | — |
| 1938 | 94 | — | #739 | #2,986 |
| 1937 | 103 | — | #711 | #2,251 |
| 1936 | 86 | — | #720 | — |
| 1935 | 81 | — | #753 | — |
| 1934 | 67 | — | #836 | — |
| 1933 | 73 | — | #774 | — |
| 1932 | 63 | — | #885 | — |
| 1931 | 66 | — | #848 | — |
| 1930 | 52 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1929 | 46 | — | #1,081 | — |
| 1928 | 65 | — | #920 | — |
| 1927 | 45 | — | #1,145 | — |
| 1926 | 46 | — | #1,118 | — |
| 1925 | 48 | — | #1,109 | — |
| 1924 | 64 | — | #954 | — |
| 1923 | 37 | — | #1,290 | — |
| 1922 | 58 | — | #982 | — |
| 1921 | 54 | — | #1,021 | — |
| 1920 | 48 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1919 | 49 | — | #1,030 | — |
| 1918 | 61 | — | #919 | — |
| 1917 | 67 | — | #837 | — |
| 1916 | 46 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1915 | 50 | — | #939 | — |
| 1914 | 30 | — | #1,105 | — |
| 1913 | 24 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1912 | 17 | — | #1,323 | — |
| 1911 | 14 | — | #1,264 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,460 | — |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,518 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,739 | — |
| 1907 | 18 | — | #901 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,818 | — |
| 1905 | 9 | — | #1,346 | — |
| 1904 | 17 | — | #892 | — |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #1,158 | — |
| 1902 | 9 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1901 | 9 | — | #1,170 | — |
| 1900 | 11 | — | #1,192 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #1,481 | — |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #1,204 | — |
| 1897 | 16 | — | #806 | — |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,247 | — |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1893 | 8 | — | #1,123 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,357 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,176 | — |