Gayl Popularity by Year

Follow Gayl across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Gayl birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
1975	Girls	6	#7,984	Down 1,904 places
1973	Girls	8	#6,080	Up 2,212 places
1972	Girls	5	#8,292	Down 2,286 places
1971	Girls	8	#6,006	Up 1,064 places
1970	Girls	6	#7,070	Up 401 places
1969	Girls	5	#7,471	Down 2,982 places
1968	Girls	10	#4,489	Down 1,089 places
1966	Girls	14	#3,400	Up 1,094 places
1965	Girls	9	#4,494	Up 142 places
1964	Girls	9	#4,636	Down 1,676 places
1963	Girls	18	#2,960	Up 632 places
1962	Girls	13	#3,592	Up 16 places
1961	Girls	13	#3,608	Up 312 places
1960	Girls	11	#3,920	Down 1,051 places
1959	Girls	17	#2,869	Down 7 places
1958	Girls	17	#2,862	Up 1,340 places
1957	Girls	9	#4,202	Down 1,953 places
1956	Girls	24	#2,249	Up 162 places
1955	Girls	21	#2,411	Down 462 places
1954	Girls	29	#1,949	Up 224 places
1953	Girls	23	#2,173	Down 704 places
1952	Girls	43	#1,469	Up 499 places
1951	Girls	25	#1,968	Up 468 places
1950	Girls	17	#2,436	Down 423 places
1949	Girls	23	#2,013	Up 961 places
1948	Girls	12	#2,974	Down 981 places
1947	Girls	24	#1,993	Up 325 places
1946	Girls	17	#2,318	Down 377 places
1945	Girls	19	#1,941	Up 460 places
1944	Girls	14	#2,401	Up 157 places
1943	Girls	13	#2,558	Up 108 places
1942	Boys	5	#3,560	Down 26 places
1942	Girls	12	#2,666	Down 712 places
1941	Girls	18	#1,954	Up 1,009 places
1940	Girls	9	#2,963	Down 546 places
1939	Girls	12	#2,417	Up 162 places
1938	Boys	5	#3,534	Up 108 places
1938	Girls	11	#2,579	Down 383 places
1937	Girls	14	#2,196	Up 907 places
1936	Girls	8	#3,103	Down 528 places
1935	Girls	11	#2,575	Up 166 places
1934	Girls	10	#2,741	Up 1,477 places
1933	Boys	5	#3,642	—
1933	Girls	5	#4,218	Up 113 places
1931	Girls	5	#4,331	Up 474 places
1927	Girls	5	#4,805	Down 211 places
1917	Girls	5	#4,594	—