U.S. Social Security · 1880–2024

Gail

A name that crested in the 1950s and has all but disappeared since.

Peaked 1951
1951peak
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Peak year
1951
the crest of the wave
Peak rank
#36
of all U.S. girls’ names
Skew
95.8%
given to girls
Median age today
~74
median birth year 1952
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