Gail Girl
How popular is Gail?
#8,360 girl name in 2025
12 baby girls were named Gail in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
Gail popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,360 for girls (▼ 1721 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,610 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1951 (9,886 girls) |
| Highest rank | #36 in 1951 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gail counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gail family of names ranked #3,706 for girls in 2025 (#3,089 the year before), with 22 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gail | 12 | 55% |
| Gal | 10 | 45% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gail is most popular
Babies named Gail per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Gail by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 101 | #520 |
| 1890s | 287 | #475 |
| 1900s | 291 | #559 |
| 1910s | 1,216 | #434 |
| 1920s | 1,746 | #483 |
| 1930s | 15,854 | #73 |
| 1940s | 53,140 | #49 |
| 1950s | 85,618 | #36 |
| 1960s | 32,877 | #90 |
| 1970s | 7,138 | #222 |
| 1980s | 2,171 | #593 |
| 1990s | 752 | #1,275 |
| 2000s | 284 | #3,261 |
| 2010s | 169 | #5,484 |
| 2020s | 102 | #5,747 |
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Questions
- Is Gail a boy or girl name?
- Gail is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gail were girls.
- How popular is the name Gail?
- 12 baby girls were named Gail in the US in 2025, making it the 8360th most popular girl name.
- When was Gail most popular?
- Gail peaked in 1951, when 9,886 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #36 in 1951.
- How many people are named Gail?
- 210,698 babies have been named Gail in the US since 1880. We estimate about 149,069 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 72.
- Where is Gail most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gail was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.