Over the past 110 years, 6 008 boys and 197 864 girls have been named Gail. The name Gail ranks 1194th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Gail in 1911. The peak of popularity of the name Gail came in the 1930s and 1940s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.