Gail Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Gail: every year it appeared on the national list since 1881, with 201,746 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

201,746

Peak year

1951 #36

Years on the list

145

10-year trend

-2.4%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1881–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	14	#8341
2012	22	#5976
2013	24	#5543
2014	13	#8635
2015	15	#7753
2016	20	#6259
2017	13	#8454
2018	18	#6621
2019	15	#7480
2020	19	#6158
2021	20	#6025
2022	13	#8206
2023	21	#5818
2024	17	#6743
2025	12	#8535

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1951

1,285

746

662

630

577

559

Names from the same era

Patricia · 1951 Kathleen · 1951 Janice · 1951 Ellen · 1951 Marcia · 1951 Jacquelyn · 1951 Gayle · 1951 Francine · 1951 Glenna · 1951 Kathlyn · 1951

Names similar to Gail

Gaile Girls Gaila Girls Gaile Boys Gailen Boys Gailya Girls Gailyn Girls Gai Girls Gailon Boys Gailen Girls Gailene Girls Gailard Boys Gailann Girls

See all names like Gail → →

Browse by

Names starting with G 4-letter names Top names of the 1950s

Curious how it stacks up against another name? Compare with the other sex → Compare with Patricia →