EveryBabyNames

Gail

3 countries#8362 in United States, 2025
US
#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.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
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.

YearRankvs. 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