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Gaynelle

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Gaynelle is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
193747 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1893
1,554people given the name
Babies named Gaynelle, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,554 girls have been named Gaynelle in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 47 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 47 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1940s alone account for 21%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Gaynelle
1890s19
1900s34
1910s198
1920s272
1930s299
1940s327
1950s238
1960s134
1970s33

In 1937, its biggest year

Gaynelle was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1937 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Shirley and Betty. See all of 1937.

Names that rose and fell with Gaynelle

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.