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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
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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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First appearance
1915
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.
Where Gaylen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gaylen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Gaylen
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 261 spots in 1937
- Biggest drop: 371 spots in 1942
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1949 at #707 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1947–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,872
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 28.0% of all boys named Gaylen (568) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
- 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.
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