The first name Gayla
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Gayla at birth, 1880–2025
In 2014, 6 girls born in the United States were named Gayla, the 15,245th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1954, when 617 were.
10,844
babies named Gayla since 1880
#15,245
rank in 2014
1954
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- Is Gayla a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 10,844 US babies named Gayla since 1880 were girls.
- When was Gayla most popular?
- 1954 in the United States, when 617 babies were named Gayla, its highest rank at 345th.