How popular is the name Gayla?

Gayla ranks 1,341st among girls' names in US records, with 10,844 births since 1921. Over the past decade it accounts for 24.

Is Gayla a unisex name?

No. Gayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1954, when 617 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2014.

Girl name#1,341 of girl names

Pronounced G EY1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Gayla is a girls' name, and first appears in 1921. It has been given to 10,844 children — the 1,341st most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 2014 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1954, when 617 children were given it.

1954Girls: 617Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Gayla?: Gayla ranks 1,341st among girls' names in US records, with 10,844 births since 1921. Over the past decade it accounts for 24.
Is Gayla a unisex name?: No. Gayla is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gayla most popular?: 1954, when 617 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2014.