Gayle

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Gayle is a variant spelling of Gail, a short form of the name Abigail. Abigail is a feminine English name with Hebrew origins, meaning "my father is joy." In the Old Testament Abigail was King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form'.

From Wikipedia

Gayle first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 10 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 90 babies (rank #80 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Gayle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gayle yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

620

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Gayle

Gayle Rubinfeminist · b. 1949
Gaylepop singer · b. 2004

More popular girls' names

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	90	#80
1953	74	#93
1955	70	#98
1960	58	#102
1961	53	#108
1962	87	#100
1963	79	#99
1964	73	#103
1965	35	#115
2017	1	#1,530