Gaylen

Where Gaylen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gaylen.

Gaylen through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1946
    Gaylen Pitts born
    American baseball player and coach
  3. 1949
    Peak, #707
    94 babies named Gaylen, the most in any year.
  4. 1950
    Gaylen Ross born
    American actress, documentary film producer
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,204.
  6. 2003
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gaylen Ross · American actress, documentary film producer, born 1950
  • Gaylen Pitts · American baseball player and coach, 1946–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.