Gayle

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gayle: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gayle: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 15 years, its highest recorded position is #80, and it was last ranked in 1999.

3registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Gayle's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1996

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 18 of the 29 years from 1971 to 1999.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–1999 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #80 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1952–1955
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1952 (recorded 1952–1955).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent1999
Most recently recorded at #528 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gayle appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 134 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Gayle across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gayle's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#466 (1971)	#269 (1977)	#528 (1999)	18 of 29	134 (1971–1999)	14 (1980)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#80 (1952)	#80 (1952)	#98 (1955)	3 of 4	234 (1952–1955)	90 (1952)

Gayle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gayle in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970sbusiest	70	8 of 10	9
1980s	51	7 of 10	7
1990s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gayle appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #80 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Gayle's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	12	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	13	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	10	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1952 and 1999, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 1952.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1971, and 44 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Gediminas · #250, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nixon · #81, 19y
Sharlene · #79, 23y
Karyn · #77, 24y
Rihanna · #77, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Beatrice · #80, 61y
Amira · #79, 50y
Daryl · #79, 69y
Elvira · #81, 50y

Gayle was ranked #80 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gayle and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gayle without appearing here.

Gayle moved ahead of

Marilyn Compare
In 1981 they stood at #471 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1982 that had become #333 and #523.
Sadie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #476 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1985 that had become #306 and #456.
Camilla Compare
In 1990 they stood at #458 and #458 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #393 and #515.
Heidi Compare
In 1991 they stood at #458 and #388 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1992 that had become #456 and #523.

Moved ahead of Gayle

Jenna Compare
In 1983 they stood at #333 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1984 that had become #389 and #107.
Aimee Compare
In 1980 they stood at #283 and #352 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #471 and #251.
Shannon Compare
In 1990 they stood at #458 and #521 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #393 and #180.
Chloe Compare
In 1985 they stood at #306 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #458 and #263.

Moved the opposite way to Gayle

Chloe Compare
Between 1974 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gayle went from #293 to #528 while Chloe went from #490 to #1.
Jade Compare
Between 1974 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gayle went from #293 to #528 while Jade went from #490 to #34.
Jenny Compare
Between 1974 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gayle went from #293 to #528 while Jenny went from #374 to #185.
Shannon Compare
Between 1974 and 1999 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gayle went from #293 to #528 while Shannon went from #490 to #19.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 1999. Highest recorded position: #80 in New South Wales, Australia in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Gayle

Gayle at a glance

What stands out in Gayle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gayle across 2 official records

Gayle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gayle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Gayle at a glance

What stands out in Gayle's record

Gayle across 2 official records

Gayle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gayle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Gayle

Gayle and the names beside it

Gayle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gayle

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