Gail
3 countries#8362 in United States, 2025US
#8362
in United States, 2025
SCOT
1,554
total births, Scotland
FR
54
total births, France
Total births recorded
212,306
Peak year (United States)
1951
Peak-year count
10,066
First recorded
1881
Popularity across 3 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Gail was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesScotlandFrance
Country by country
United States
210,698 births recorded 1881–2025 · currently #8362 · peaked in 1951 with 10,066 births
Most common in: New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
Scotland
1,554 births recorded 1974–2008 · peaked in 1975 with 180 births
Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data
France
54 births recorded 1953–2015 · peaked in 1956 with 6 births
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Gail’s rank among girls’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #6125 | — |
| 2007 | #5895 | ↑230 |
| 2008 | #6799 | ↓904 |
| 2009 | #6811 | ↓12 |
| 2010 | #7880 | ↓1069 |
| 2011 | #8196 | ↓316 |
| 2012 | #5895 | ↑2301 |
| 2013 | #5486 | ↑409 |
| 2014 | #8485 | ↓2999 |
| 2015 | #7613 | ↑872 |
| 2016 | #6186 | ↑1427 |
| 2017 | #8299 | ↓2113 |
| 2018 | #6521 | ↑1778 |
| 2019 | #7342 | ↓821 |
| 2020 | #6083 | ↑1259 |
| 2021 | #5955 | ↑128 |
| 2022 | #8032 | ↓2077 |
| 2023 | #5752 | ↑2280 |
| 2024 | #6642 | ↓890 |
| 2025 | #8362 | ↓1720 |