GAYLE is ranked as the 425th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 141,723.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 44.45 people named GAYLE for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named GAYLE is 53,219.
The SSA data also shows that GAYLE is used as a girl's name 93% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
GAYLE is
80.5% White,
3.2% Hispanic origin,
12.6% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name GAYLE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name GAYLE is included in the following name categories:
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Unisex surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name GAYLE
The state with the most people named
GAYLE is
California where
14,648 people have this name.
Montana is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named GAYLE, as
101.93 in every 100,000
Montanans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Montana is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
District of Columbia
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name GAYLE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,941
46.13
99.3%
Indiana
3,193
48.39
98.7%
Iowa
1,342
43.18
98.3%
Kansas
1,899
65.38
98.1%
Michigan
4,319
43.59
99.4%
Minnesota
3,148
57.69
99.1%
Missouri
1,449
48.4
98.0%
Nebraska
1,413
75.08
97.6%
North Dakota
603
81.56
94.7%
Ohio
6,096
52.58
99.1%
South Dakota
672
78.77
95.0%
Wisconsin
2,225
38.65
98.8%
West States
State stats for the first name GAYLE
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
494
67.02
93.9%
Arizona
3,706
55.05
98.7%
California
14,648
37.75
99.6%
Colorado
3,120
58.25
98.7%
Hawaii
867
61.07
98.3%
Idaho
1,444
88.37
97.7%
Montana
1,043
101.93
96.8%
Nevada
1,321
46.52
97.8%
New Mexico
1,005
48.17
96.5%
Oregon
2,966
74.71
98.7%
Utah
2,294
77.95
98.4%
Washington
4,200
59.47
99.3%
Wyoming
457
78.22
94.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name GAYLE
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have GAYLE as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named GAYLE.
The most popular full name is GAYLE Smith.
0.90% of all the people named GAYLE
have this family name.
There are 14279 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name GAYLE