Gaylord

Last seen for girls in 1942 at #4,622 · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#438
1931 · 168 births
Debut · boys
1882
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,086
since 1882

Gaylord over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gaylord has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #438, 1931boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1998—#9,6315
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1994—#8,8005
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1992—#8,4355
1991——
1990—#6,4157
1989——
1988—#4,16211
1987—#4,9688
1986——
1985—#4,3339
1984—#4,2159
1983—#3,07114
1982—#4,5938
1981—#3,85810
1980—#3,61511
1979—#4,0689
1978—#4,1578
1977—#2,91014
1976—#2,41718
1975—#2,20520
1974—#2,19919
1973—#1,61229
1972—#1,72126
1971—#1,41536
1970—#1,84723
1969—#1,68024
1968—#1,89418
1967—#1,27435
1966—#1,61323
1965—#1,51326
1964—#1,43530
1963—#1,25538
1962—#1,12147
1961—#1,20643
1960—#1,25239
1959—#1,08151
1958—#1,18642
1957—#1,00557
1956—#83181
1955—#92165
1954—#89268
1953—#76586
1952—#660109
1951—#72691
1950—#70694
1949—#621120
1948—#636113
1947—#624120
1946—#592117
1945—#554116
1944—#551120
1943—#515146
1942#4,6225#494155
1941—#499136
1940—#513127
1939—#508124
1938—#502134
1937—#545114
1936—#523118
1935—#551109
1934—#501132
1933—#59196
1932—#491136
1931—#438168
1930—#520132
1929—#571109
1928—#525132
1927—#528134
1926—#528131
1925—#594112
1924—#583119
1923—#542128
1922—#588119
1921—#597113
1920—#548126
1919—#571110
1918—#508139
1917—#571107
1916—#565102
1915—#531109
1914—#54681
1913—#56459
1912—#66840
1911—#82416
1910—#85913
1909—#57421
1908—#61318
1907—#66415
1906—#79810
1905—#74111
1904—#8748
1903—#9107
1902—#74410
1901—#9436
1900—#9688
1899—#7149
1898—#8048
1897—#68110
1896——
1895—#1,0795
1894——
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1892—#9566
1891—#8416
1890——
1889—#8786
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1887—#6319
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1885—#9365
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1882—#9435
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Gaylord! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1902 (#943 → #744)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1910 (#574 → #859)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1931 at #438 (168 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1897–1956
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,188
  • Highest: 1 in 6,188 boys born in 1931 were named Gaylord (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 382,273 boys born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 20.9% of all boys named Gaylord (1,270) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25#631 (1887)#847
1890s44#681 (1897)#846
1900s114#574 (1909)#783
1910s776#508 (1918)#621
1920s1,223#525 (1928)#560
1930s1,263#438 (1931)#517
1940s1,270#494 (1942)#560
1950s744#660 (1952)#877
1960s323#1,121 (1962)#1,424
1970s202#1,415 (1971)#2,455
1980s80#3,071 (1983)#4,102
1990s22#6,415 (1990)#8,320

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.

Gaylord in 1942

girls
#4,622
5 births · 1 in 270,144 girls
boys
#494
155 births · 1 in 8,911 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #4,622Gaylord5

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #494Gaylord155
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 270,144 of them was named Gaylord, which outranked 14.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gaylord
  1. #4,124Zane6
  2. #4,124Zelphia6
  3. #4,124Zorina6
  4. #4,622Gaylord5
  5. #4,622Adda5
  6. #4,622Adelene5
  7. #4,622Adina5

Tied with 756 names at #4,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 8,911 of them was named Gaylord, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gaylord
  1. #489Ward158
  2. #492Jean157
  3. #492Riley157
  4. #494Gaylord155
  5. #494Cleo155
  6. #496Denver154
  7. #496Evan154
  8. #498Lavern151

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →