The baby name Gail appears in baby name data for the United States from 1911 to 2021. It was most popular in 1952 with 12,557 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Gail has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1911 | 5 |
| 1912 | 35 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1913 | 42 |
| 1913 | 46 |
| 1914 | 58 |
| 1914 | 59 |
| 1915 | 94 |
| 1915 | 163 |
| 1916 | 219 |
| 1916 | 174 |
| 1917 | 219 |
| 1917 | 198 |
| 1918 | 196 |
| 1918 | 198 |
| 1919 | 189 |
| 1919 | 189 |
| 1920 | 179 |
| 1920 | 186 |
| 1921 | 203 |
| 1921 | 209 |
| 1922 | 78 |
| 1922 | 205 |
| 1923 | 129 |
| 1923 | 246 |
| 1924 | 184 |
| 1924 | 203 |
| 1925 | 151 |
| 1925 | 219 |
| 1926 | 206 |
| 1926 | 215 |
| 1927 | 139 |
| 1927 | 139 |
| 1928 | 178 |
| 1928 | 206 |
| 1929 | 189 |
| 1929 | 134 |
| 1930 | 190 |
| 1930 | 172 |
| 1931 | 223 |
| 1931 | 133 |
| 1932 | 431 |
| 1932 | 171 |
| 1933 | 636 |
| 1933 | 171 |
| 1934 | 1,311 |
| 1934 | 214 |
| 1935 | 2,206 |
| 1935 | 206 |
| 1936 | 2,736 |
| 1936 | 270 |
| 1937 | 3,024 |
| 1937 | 248 |
| 1938 | 3,745 |
| 1938 | 205 |
| 1939 | 3,717 |
| 1939 | 256 |
| 1940 | 4,106 |
| 1940 | 221 |
| 1941 | 3,992 |
| 1941 | 259 |
| 1942 | 4,688 |
| 1942 | 255 |
| 1943 | 5,575 |
| 1943 | 213 |
| 1944 | 4,853 |
| 1944 | 212 |
| 1945 | 5,196 |
| 1945 | 160 |
| 1946 | 6,767 |
| 1946 | 207 |
| 1947 | 8,260 |
| 1947 | 199 |
| 1948 | 7,722 |
| 1948 | 197 |
| 1949 | 8,372 |
| 1949 | 191 |
| 1950 | 10,349 |
| 1950 | 178 |
| 1951 | 12,366 |
| 1951 | 186 |
| 1952 | 12,557 |
| 1952 | 147 |
| 1953 | 12,129 |
| 1953 | 127 |
| 1954 | 11,675 |
| 1954 | 93 |
| 1955 | 10,729 |
| 1955 | 59 |
| 1956 | 10,264 |
| 1956 | 61 |
| 1957 | 10,200 |
| 1957 | 74 |
| 1958 | 8,561 |
| 1958 | 51 |
| 1959 | 8,283 |
| 1959 | 101 |
| 1960 | 7,162 |
| 1960 | 55 |
| 1961 | 6,562 |
| 1961 | 54 |
| 1962 | 4,698 |
| 1962 | 28 |
| 1963 | 4,666 |
| 1964 | 4,041 |
| 1965 | 3,364 |
| 1965 | 10 |
| 1966 | 2,749 |
| 1967 | 2,385 |
| 1968 | 2,146 |
| 1969 | 1,888 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 1,708 |
| 1971 | 1,402 |
| 1972 | 1,161 |
| 1973 | 861 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 695 |
| 1975 | 625 |
| 1976 | 524 |
| 1976 | 5 |
| 1977 | 451 |
| 1978 | 414 |
| 1979 | 379 |
| 1980 | 320 |
| 1981 | 275 |
| 1982 | 280 |
| 1983 | 200 |
| 1984 | 211 |
| 1985 | 153 |
| 1986 | 122 |
| 1987 | 140 |
| 1988 | 95 |
| 1989 | 80 |
| 1990 | 79 |
| 1991 | 75 |
| 1992 | 31 |
| 1993 | 35 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 8 |
| 1996 | 30 |
| 1997 | 20 |
| 1998 | 13 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2021 | 6 |