Gayla
Gayla is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 345th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1954617 births
- Best rank
- #345in 1954
- Since 1921
- 10,838people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,838 girls have been named Gayla in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 617 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 617 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 36%. It has spent 37 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gayla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 320 | |
| 1940s | 1,352 | |
| 1950s | 3,917 | |
| 1960s | 3,330 | |
| 1970s | 1,200 | |
| 1980s | 387 | |
| 1990s | 221 | |
| 2000s | 66 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Gayla was the 345th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Gayla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lynnpeak 1956
- Pamelapeak 1954
- Paulapeak 1963
- Pamalapeak 1958
- Sheilapeak 1962
- Cathleenpeak 1958
- Karenpeak 1957
- Sherylpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.