Gaylon
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to boys 94.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,478since 1912
Gaylon 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,170 | 50 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,082 | 49 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #917 | 68 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #1,059 | 54 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #916 | 68 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #854 | 79 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #835 | 81 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #822 | 82 |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #762 | 87 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #830 | 75 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #736 | 89 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #711 | 93 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #707 | 94 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #789 | 75 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #753 | 83 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #753 | 77 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #927 | 48 |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | — | #786 | 67 | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #758 | 67 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #673 | 81 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #857 | 51 |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #845 | 52 |
| 1936 | — | #780 | 61 | |
| 1935 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,282 | 29 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,215 | 34 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gaylon! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gaylon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1940 (#857 → #673)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1957 (#822 → #971)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1940 at #673 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1934–1960
- Highest: 1 in 14,311 boys born in 1940 were named Gaylon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all boys named Gaylon (788) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 94 | #1,624 (1919) | #2,221 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,810 |
| 1930s | 448 | #770 (1938) | #996 |
| 1940s | 727 | #673 (1940) | #770 |
| 1950s | 788 | #711 (1950) | #823 |
| 1960s | 522 | #916 (1960) | #1,061 |
| 1970s | 338 | #1,170 (1970) | #1,628 |
| 1980s | 185 | #1,999 (1982) | #2,956 |
| 1990s | 114 | #3,459 (1992) | #5,296 |
| 2000s | 50 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,270 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,156 (2018) | #12,156 |
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.
Gaylon in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 224,472 of them was named Gaylon, which outranked 29.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,665Wylma8
- #3,665Yetta8
- #3,665Youlanda8
- #3,994Gaylon7
- #3,994Abbey7
- #3,994Adah7
- #3,994Alan7
- #4,417Adean6
- #4,417Adelyn6
- #4,417Adrien6
Tied with 422 names at #3,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 21,091 of them was named Gaylon, which outranked 81.3% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).