Is Gail a boy or girl name?
Gail is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 17 girls and 0 boys were named Gail, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 95.8% of the 210,681 US babies named Gail were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #6,715
- Babies named Gail since 1881
- 210,681
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 10,066 babies
Boys and girls named Gail, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | 101 | 79.5% |
| 1890s | 88 | 287 | 76.5% |
| 1900s | 123 | 291 | 70.3% |
| 1910s | 1,035 | 1,216 | 54% |
| 1920s | 1,716 | 1,746 | 50.4% |
| 1930s | 1,867 | 15,854 | 89.5% |
| 1940s | 2,017 | 53,139 | 96.3% |
| 1950s | 1,306 | 85,619 | 98.5% |
| 1960s | 472 | 32,873 | 98.6% |
| 1970s | 236 | 7,138 | 96.8% |
| 1980s | 65 | 2,171 | 97.1% |
| 1990s | 0 | 752 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 284 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 169 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 90 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 17 | #6,715 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 21 | #5,811 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 13 | #8,200 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 20 | #6,022 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,153 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,478 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 18 | #6,621 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 13 | #8,452 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 20 | #6,257 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 15 | #7,752 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 13 | #8,633 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 14 | #8,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 15 | #8,030 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,899 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 19 | #6,894 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 23 | #5,958 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 21 | #6,207 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 24 | #5,327 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,285 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,757 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 30 | #4,214 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 28 | #4,358 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,543 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,158 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 57 | #2,437 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,315 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 63 | #2,161 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 54 | #2,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,110 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,858 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 93 | #1,634 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 117 | #1,378 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 127 | #1,282 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,295 | 131 | #1,227 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,695 | 136 | #1,130 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,119 | 144 | #1,065 |
| 1986 | 5 | #7,089 | 154 | #1,002 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 194 | #838 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,656 | 238 | #698 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,719 | 275 | #627 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,893 | 306 | #593 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,710 | 290 | #625 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,767 | 303 | #605 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,226 | 350 | #536 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,479 | 392 | #496 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,958 | 392 | #486 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,270 | 475 | #426 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,852 | 560 | #370 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,852 | 628 | #346 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,597 | 746 | #313 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,463 | 987 | #267 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,359 | 1,184 | #249 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,817 | 1,424 | #221 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,307 | 1,562 | #202 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,372 | 1,802 | #180 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,236 | 2,022 | #163 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,205 | 2,301 | #152 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,246 | 2,859 | #134 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,248 | 3,446 | #125 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,062 | 4,103 | #106 |
| 1962 | 65 | #940 | 4,382 | #103 |
| 1961 | 75 | #888 | 4,972 | #94 |
| 1960 | 58 | #1,014 | 5,424 | #90 |
| 1959 | 104 | #748 | 6,345 | #75 |
| 1958 | 89 | #791 | 6,608 | #72 |
| 1957 | 103 | #740 | 7,952 | #54 |
| 1956 | 112 | #701 | 8,435 | #49 |
| 1955 | 115 | #686 | 8,972 | #42 |
| 1954 | 108 | #694 | 9,725 | #37 |
| 1953 | 155 | #576 | 9,586 | #39 |
| 1952 | 167 | #543 | 9,760 | #39 |
| 1951 | 180 | #506 | 9,886 | #36 |
| 1950 | 173 | #510 | 8,350 | #42 |
| 1949 | 210 | #457 | 7,225 | #51 |
| 1948 | 202 | #471 | 6,603 | #51 |
| 1947 | 205 | #468 | 7,242 | #49 |
| 1946 | 209 | #438 | 6,227 | #49 |
| 1945 | 167 | #459 | 4,832 | #52 |
| 1944 | 195 | #438 | 4,525 | #56 |
| 1943 | 213 | #425 | 4,810 | #55 |
| 1942 | 227 | #404 | 4,445 | #60 |
| 1941 | 199 | #414 | 3,609 | #68 |
| 1940 | 190 | #424 | 3,621 | #65 |
| 1939 | 217 | #384 | 3,355 | #73 |
| 1938 | 193 | #409 | 3,214 | #77 |
| 1937 | 218 | #371 | 2,635 | #99 |
| 1936 | 220 | #367 | 2,342 | #101 |
| 1935 | 194 | #393 | 1,800 | #127 |
| 1934 | 212 | #373 | 1,176 | #164 |
| 1933 | 171 | #416 | 541 | #264 |
| 1932 | 156 | #456 | 354 | #337 |
| 1931 | 135 | #494 | 239 | #415 |
| 1930 | 151 | #484 | 198 | #476 |
| 1929 | 147 | #484 | 172 | #516 |
| 1928 | 176 | #455 | 173 | #529 |
| 1927 | 122 | #560 | 186 | #515 |
| 1926 | 189 | #439 | 206 | #485 |
| 1925 | 179 | #449 | 163 | #563 |
| 1924 | 172 | #470 | 165 | #568 |
| 1923 | 208 | #417 | 154 | #582 |
| 1922 | 175 | #467 | 142 | #610 |
| 1921 | 177 | #462 | 204 | #483 |
| 1920 | 171 | #466 | 181 | #525 |
| 1919 | 176 | #445 | 184 | #494 |
| 1918 | 170 | #455 | 206 | #465 |
| 1917 | 158 | #450 | 217 | #436 |
| 1916 | 151 | #462 | 196 | #457 |
| 1915 | 143 | #459 | 135 | #552 |
| 1914 | 88 | #525 | 102 | #554 |
| 1913 | 61 | #555 | 58 | #683 |
| 1912 | 40 | #673 | 53 | #691 |
| 1911 | 23 | #657 | 32 | #769 |
| 1910 | 25 | #572 | 33 | #743 |
| 1909 | 10 | #974 | 32 | #713 |
| 1908 | 13 | #762 | 30 | #717 |
| 1907 | 19 | #568 | 35 | #634 |
| 1906 | 12 | #722 | 34 | #616 |
| 1905 | 8 | #955 | 14 | #1,030 |
| 1904 | 12 | #702 | 36 | #565 |
| 1903 | 17 | #532 | 31 | #591 |
| 1902 | 11 | #707 | 26 | #657 |
| 1901 | 12 | #616 | 25 | #638 |
| 1900 | 9 | #933 | 28 | #680 |
| 1899 | 8 | #811 | 32 | #528 |
| 1898 | 11 | #677 | 32 | #575 |
| 1897 | 6 | #991 | 32 | #524 |
| 1896 | 9 | #794 | 36 | #493 |
| 1895 | 13 | #586 | 32 | #524 |
| 1894 | 10 | #690 | 22 | #632 |
| 1893 | 13 | #552 | 31 | #493 |
| 1892 | 11 | #655 | 21 | #625 |
| 1891 | 7 | #800 | 29 | #478 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 20 | #588 |
| 1889 | 6 | #916 | 19 | #592 |
| 1888 | 7 | #860 | 15 | #673 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 9 | #814 |
| 1886 | 6 | #890 | 12 | #672 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 17 | #528 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 8 | #815 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 8 | #722 |
| 1882 | 7 | #789 | 8 | #707 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 5 | #869 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Gail reached #367 in 1936. As a girl name, it reached #36 in 1951. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Gail
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.