Meaning and history
A short form of Abigail.
20062006: 21 births, rank #6,125
2007: 23 births, rank #5,895
2008: 19 births, rank #6,799
2009: 19 births, rank #6,811
2010: 15 births, rank #7,880
20112011: 14 births, rank #8,196
2012: 22 births, rank #5,895
2013: 24 births, rank #5,486
2014: 13 births, rank #8,485
2015: 15 births, rank #7,613
20162016: 20 births, rank #6,186
2017: 13 births, rank #8,299
2018: 18 births, rank #6,521
2019: 15 births, rank #7,342
2020: 19 births, rank #6,083
20212021: 20 births, rank #5,955
2022: 13 births, rank #8,032
2023: 21 births, rank #5,752
2024: 17 births, rank #6,642
20252025: 12 births, rank #8,362
Gail moved from #698 to #838 for girls between 1984 and 1985. Its highest annual birth count came in 1951, with 9,886 births.