Gayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GAY-la
- Origin
- Modern
Gayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Gayla come from?
Modern: elaboration of Gail or Gay with an -a ending
Is Gayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Gayla is a girls' name.
How popular is Gayla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1954, with 617 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Gayla in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,154 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 66 | #1,678 |
| 1978 | 71 | #1,546 |
| 1977 | 105 | #1,175 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,307 |
| 1975 | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,185 |
| 1973 | 118 | #1,001 |
| 1972 | 140 | #898 |
| 1971 | 193 | #757 |
| 1970 | 227 | #690 |
| 1969 | 235 | #651 |
| 1968 | 252 | #607 |
| 1967 | 264 | #589 |
| 1966 | 309 | #536 |
| 1965 | 333 | #523 |
| 1964 | 355 | #520 |
| 1963 | 353 | #517 |
| 1962 | 370 | #502 |
| 1961 | 460 | #456 |
| 1960 | 399 | #489 |
| 1959 | 421 | #472 |
| 1958 | 373 | #496 |
| 1957 | 390 | #482 |
| 1956 | 397 | #464 |
| 1955 | 432 | #423 |
| 1954 | 617 | #344 |
| 1953 | 481 | #387 |
| 1952 | 287 | #495 |
| 1951 | 282 | #488 |
| 1950 | 237 | #537 |
| 1949 | 276 | #482 |
| 1948 | 224 | #553 |
| 1947 | 213 | #583 |
| 1946 | 168 | #612 |
| 1945 | 88 | #803 |
| 1944 | 78 | #862 |
| 1943 | 80 | #870 |
| 1942 | 92 | #794 |
| 1941 | 75 | #838 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 63 | #882 |
| 1938 | 67 | #861 |
| 1937 | 56 | #920 |
| 1936 | 48 | #993 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,483 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,288 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
Names like Gayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Linda, Paula, Lisa, Darla, Rebecca, Gina, Laura, Robin, Jana, Sandra, Penny, Lana
Names related to Gayla
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gayla, updated 20 October 2026.