Girl
Gayle
Gayle is a girl's name, a solidly familiar choice, that was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now.
EtymologyVariant of Gail, short for Abigail
HebrewHebrew – "father's joy"
Births by decade
1900s
148
1910s
1,052
1920s
1,742
1930s
6,372
1940s
17,483
1950s
24,515
1960s
10,403
1970s
2,829
1980s
1,099
1990s
369
2000s
130
2010s
45
Peaked in the 1950s · 66,187 total U.S. births since 1900