Quick answers about Gayle
How many people are named Gayle?
An estimated 32,454 living Americans are named Gayle.
How rare is Gayle?
Gayle fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Gayle?
The median age of a living American named Gayle is approximately 70 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 75 years old.
Is Gayle still popular?
Not especially. Gayle has been declining since its 1951 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Gayle most common?
Gayle has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appears 7.3× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Gayle is most concentrated in Utah — about 7.3× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Gayle is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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