Gaynelle
Recorded 1893–1975 · United States
Gaynelle was most popular in 1937, when 47 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,875 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,554 people named Gaynelle.
Gaynelle over time
How old is the name Gaynelle?
Gaynelle first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1893, which makes it about 132 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 72 of the 133 years since. It was last recorded in 1975.
How many people are named Gaynelle?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,554 American births named Gaynelle between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 621 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gaynelle in 2025?
Gaynelle was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Gaynelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gaynelle is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,554 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Gaynelle?
Roughly 621 Americans named Gaynelle are alive today — 40% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 75 years old, and half are between 67 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Gaynelle is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org