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.
Where Gaylen is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#205 · 1 in 1,422
- Iowa#272 · 1 in 4,296
- Minnesota#303 · 1 in 6,308
- Kansas#319 · 1 in 4,650
Best ever in a state: #136 in Utah, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #205 | 8 | 1 in 1,422 |
| Iowa | #272 | 7 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Minnesota | #303 | 6 | 1 in 6,308 |
| Kansas | #319 | 5 | 1 in 4,650 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 376,260 of them was named Gaylen, which outranked 12.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 824 names at #5,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 34,005 of them was named Gaylen, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).