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The table below indicates the number of times the name Gayle has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Gayle**
Use of the Name Gayle for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
4,296	263	0	0	0	0	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Gayle has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Gayle first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1891, which is the first year shown on the table. Gayle last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1982, the last year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Gayle**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1891			965	9
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898	922	7
1899			945	12
1900
1901
1902			829	18
1903
1904
1905			832	20
1906
1907			854	20
1908	979	9
1909			976	18
1910
1911
1912			849	35
1913			846	39
1914			790	54
1915	969	42	725	84
1916	801	59	660	107
1917	849	57	607	127
1918	876	58	635	125
1919			661	112
1920	916	57	718	102
1921	930	57	712	106
1922	916	58	720	102
1923	828	67	781	87
1924	755	78	715	108
1925	739	78	735	101
1926	785	69	733	98
1927	702	86	731	96
1928	688	85	646	119
1929	685	81	678	107
1930	657	89	578	140
1931	610	95	501	166
1932	557	113	442	224
1933	500	126	414	239
1934	436	166	282	478
1935	460	152	237	705
1936	406	180	228	715
1937	465	145	225	718
1938	476	150	211	803
1939	509	124	206	843
1940	499	137	177	1,084
1941	518	131	186	1,005
1942	632	101	184	1,193
1943	550	131	167	1,421
1944	522	135	173	1,236
1945	540	123	156	1,491
1946	533	145	141	1,920
1947	589	133	128	2,484
1948	605	125	141	2,064
1949	630	117	137	2,293
1950	689	98	133	2,366
1951	696	101	124	2,822
1952	690	102	135	2,633
1953	736	94	135	2,669
1954	864	72	147	2,498
1955	835	77	146	2,484
1956	935	64	163	2,287
1957	995	58	173	2,187
1958	949	64	186	1,942
1959			194	1,831
1960			220	1,488
1961			228	1,447
1962			250	1,264
1963			270	1,106
1964			271	1,108
1965			281	953
1966			318	776
1967			332	696
1968			346	650
1969			373	618
1970			418	535
1971			457	448
1972			527	322
1973			597	264
1974			600	263
1975			766	185
1976			750	193
1977			864	169
1978			844	175
1979			933	158
1980
1981			996	146
1982			987	149
Totals:		4,296		59,860

During the last 125 years, parents have used Gayle as a boy's name about 6% of the time and more frequently (about 93% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Gayle appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 45 times during the last 125 years.

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