Gaylen
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 85.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,025since 1915
Gaylen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,134 | 21 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,728 | 23 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #1,613 | 23 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | — | #1,455 | 29 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,322 | 36 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #1,172 | 44 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #1,100 | 48 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,022 | 54 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #973 | 58 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #939 | 58 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #845 | 68 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #857 | 66 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #761 | 81 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #707 | 94 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | #872 | 61 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,004 | 42 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,106 | 38 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | — | #982 | 41 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,243 | 28 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,098 | 35 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,361 | 24 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gaylen! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gaylen
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1937 (#1,243 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 371 spots in 1942 (#987 → #1,358)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1949 at #707 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1947–1954
- Highest: 1 in 18,872 boys born in 1949 were named Gaylen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 28.0% of all boys named Gaylen (568) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,543 (1918) | #2,886 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,523 (1929) | #2,487 |
| 1930s | 272 | #982 (1937) | #1,360 |
| 1940s | 466 | #707 (1949) | #1,036 |
| 1950s | 568 | #761 (1950) | #994 |
| 1960s | 295 | #1,172 (1962) | #1,490 |
| 1970s | 159 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,710 |
| 1980s | 52 | #3,925 (1984) | #5,611 |
| 1990s | 38 | #6,519 (1991) | #8,393 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,894 (2003) | #11,183 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gaylen in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 155,651 of them was named Gaylen, which outranked 52.3% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,254Wynn14
- #3,254Yvonda14
- #3,254Zondra14
- #3,436Gaylen13
- #3,436Aaron13
- #3,436Agustina13
- #3,436Alessandra13
- #3,619Albertine12
- #3,619Aleen12
- #3,619Alex12
Tied with 182 names at #3,436; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 48,512 of them was named Gaylen, which outranked 74.4% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,156Rojelio45
- #1,156Talmadge45
- #1,156Wendel45
- #1,172Gaylen44
- #1,172Ambrose44
- #1,172Arlin44
- #1,172Efren44
- #1,182Buster43
- #1,182Denzil43
- #1,182Edd43
Tied with 9 names at #1,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.