Gail

Primarily a girl's name · 96% girls

Meaning

Gail is a masculine and feminine given name. As a feminine name, it can be a short form of the name Abigail. Gail has been used as a masculine and feminine name, and until the 1930s, was equally common on both sexes.

From Wikipedia

Gail first appears in the data in 1881 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1951 with 9,886 babies (rank #36 that year). In 2024 it was given to 17 girls (rank #6,715). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Gail

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

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.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.

210,681

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

9,886

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Gail

Gail Deversathletics competitor · b. 1966
Gail Kimprofessional wrestler · b. 1977
Gail O'Gradyfilm actor · b. 1963

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1881	5	#869
1882	8	#707
1883	8	#722
1884	8	#815
1885	17	#528
1886	12	#672
1887	9	#814
1888	15	#673
1889	19	#592
1890	20	#588
1891	29	#478
1892	21	#625
1893	31	#493
1894	22	#632
1895	32	#524
1896	36	#493
1897	32	#524
1898	32	#575
1899	32	#528
1900	28	#680
1901	25	#638
1902	26	#657
1903	31	#591
1904	36	#565
1905	14	#1,030
1906	34	#616
1907	35	#634
1908	30	#717
1909	32	#713
1910	33	#743
1911	32	#769
1912	53	#691
1913	58	#683
1914	102	#554
1915	135	#552
1916	196	#457
1917	217	#436
1918	206	#465
1919	184	#494
1920	181	#525
1921	204	#483
1922	142	#610
1923	154	#582
1924	165	#568
1925	163	#563
1926	206	#485
1927	186	#515
1928	173	#529
1929	172	#516
1930	198	#476
1931	239	#415
1932	354	#337
1933	541	#264
1934	1,176	#164
1935	1,800	#127
1936	2,342	#101
1937	2,635	#99
1938	3,214	#77
1939	3,355	#73
1940	3,621	#65
1941	3,609	#68
1942	4,445	#60
1943	4,810	#55
1944	4,525	#56
1945	4,832	#52
1946	6,227	#49
1947	7,242	#49
1948	6,603	#51
1949	7,225	#51
1950	8,350	#42
1951	9,886	#36
1952	9,760	#39
1953	9,586	#39
1954	9,725	#37
1955	8,972	#42
1956	8,435	#49
1957	7,952	#54
1958	6,608	#72
1959	6,345	#75
1960	5,424	#90
1961	4,972	#94
1962	4,382	#103
1963	4,103	#106
1964	3,446	#125
1965	2,859	#134
1966	2,301	#152
1967	2,022	#163
1968	1,802	#180
1969	1,562	#202
1970	1,424	#221
1971	1,184	#249
1972	987	#267
1973	746	#313
1974	628	#346
1975	560	#370
1976	475	#426
1977	392	#486
1978	392	#496
1979	350	#536
1980	303	#605
1981	290	#625
1982	306	#593
1983	275	#627
1984	238	#698
1985	194	#838
1986	154	#1,002
1987	144	#1,065
1988	136	#1,130
1989	131	#1,227
1990	127	#1,282
1991	117	#1,378
1992	93	#1,634
1993	77	#1,858
1994	65	#2,110
1995	54	#2,400
1996	63	#2,161
1997	58	#2,315
1998	57	#2,437
1999	41	#3,158
2000	37	#3,543
2001	28	#4,358
2002	30	#4,214
2003	37	#3,757
2004	46	#3,285
2005	24	#5,327
2006	21	#6,207
2007	23	#5,958
2008	19	#6,894
2009	19	#6,899
2010	15	#8,030
2011	14	#8,339
2012	22	#5,975
2013	24	#5,542
2014	13	#8,633
2015	15	#7,752
2016	20	#6,257
2017	13	#8,452
2018	18	#6,621
2019	15	#7,478
2020	19	#6,153
2021	20	#6,022
2022	13	#8,200
2023	21	#5,811
2024	17	#6,715