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Gayla Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Gayla?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Gayla is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity ranking of #345 was reached in 1954 with 618 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Gayla in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1930-1938, 1939-1942, 1943-1949, and 1950-1954, the name Gayla took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1964-1967, 1968-1974, 1977-1980, 1981-1984, 1987-1991, and 1997-2001.

Sometimes the name Gayla has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Gayla has been spiralling downward in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Gayla has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gayla?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Gayla is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Gayla has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Gayla (Girl)Gayla (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- < 5 --
2017 < 5 -- < 5 --
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- < 5 --
2014 6 15,213 < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- < 5 --
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- < 5 --
2008 < 5 -- < 5 --
2007 5 18,554 < 5 --
2006 8 12,774 < 5 --
2005 5 17,341 < 5 --
2004 9 10,990 < 5 --
2003 6 14,460 < 5 --
2002 8 11,464 < 5 --
2001 13 7,891 < 5 --
2000 12 8,203 < 5 --
1999 17 6,004 < 5 --
1998 17 5,888 < 5 --
1997 27 4,052 < 5 --
1996 18 5,359 < 5 --
1995 29 3,694 < 5 --
1994 28 3,817 < 5 --
1993 19 5,059 < 5 --
1992 22 4,582 < 5 --
1991 19 5,049 < 5 --
1990 25 4,041 < 5 --
1989 32 3,279 < 5 --
1988 30 3,252 < 5 --
1987 50 2,166 < 5 --
1986 27 3,300 < 5 --
1985 31 2,962 < 5 --
1984 32 2,801 < 5 --
1983 42 2,281 < 5 --
1982 50 2,062 < 5 --
1981 47 2,165 < 5 --
1980 46 2,199 < 5 --
1979 66 1,685 < 5 --
1978 71 1,549 < 5 --
1977 105 1,179 < 5 --
1976 83 1,311 < 5 --
1975 103 1,129 < 5 --
1974 94 1,189 < 5 --
1973 118 1,002 < 5 --
1972 140 898 < 5 --
1971 193 760 < 5 --
1970 227 690 < 5 --
1969 234 654 < 5 --
1968 253 605 < 5 --
1967 264 589 < 5 --
1966 309 536 < 5 --
1965 333 523 < 5 --
1964 355 521 < 5 --
1963 352 517 < 5 --
1962 371 501 < 5 --
1961 460 456 6 3,791
1960 399 489 < 5 --
1959 421 472 < 5 --
1958 374 495 < 5 --
1957 389 482 < 5 --
1956 397 467 < 5 --
1955 431 426 < 5 --
1954 618 345 < 5 --
1953 481 387 < 5 --
1952 287 496 < 5 --
1951 282 489 < 5 --
1950 237 538 < 5 --
1949 276 483 < 5 --
1948 224 554 < 5 --
1947 213 583 < 5 --
1946 168 612 < 5 --
1945 88 805 < 5 --
1944 78 865 < 5 --
1943 80 871 < 5 --
1942 92 794 < 5 --
1941 75 841 < 5 --
1940 58 946 < 5 --
1939 63 884 < 5 --
1938 67 862 < 5 --
1937 56 922 < 5 --
1936 48 994 < 5 --
1935 25 1,491 < 5 --
1934 13 2,341 < 5 --
1933 18 1,860 < 5 --
1932 16 2,068 < 5 --
1931 8 3,326 < 5 --
1930 6 4,230 < 5 --
1929 9 3,230 < 5 --
1928 7 3,926 < 5 --
1927 8 3,673 < 5 --
1926 8 3,696 < 5 --
1925 < 5 -- < 5 --
1924 < 5 -- < 5 --
1923 < 5 -- < 5 --
1922 < 5 -- < 5 --
1921 7 4,177 < 5 --
1920 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1918 < 5 -- < 5 --
1917 < 5 -- < 5 --
1916 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1914 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1911 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
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1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.