Gaynell
Gaynell is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 711th, in 1937.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1952117 births
- Best rank
- #711in 1937
- Since 1886
- 4,251people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,251 girls have been named Gaynell in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 117 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 117 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1950s alone account for 21%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gaynell | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 61 | |
| 1900s | 105 | |
| 1910s | 369 | |
| 1920s | 511 | |
| 1930s | 754 | |
| 1940s | 886 | |
| 1950s | 896 | |
| 1960s | 452 | |
| 1970s | 162 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 11 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Gaynell was the 850th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Gaynell
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lorettapeak 1938
- Vonniepeak 1959
- Robertapeak 1953
- Glennapeak 1951
- Gaynellepeak 1937
- Edwinapeak 1943
- Annpeak 1957
- Fayepeak 1943
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.