Gaylene
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,570since 1931
Gaylene over time
Rank among girls' names. Gaylene has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 |
| 1968 | #1,575 | 53 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 |
| 1963 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 |
| 1961 | #1,132 | 94 |
| 1960 | #1,117 | 94 |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 |
| 1958 | #1,089 | 93 |
| 1957 | #1,026 | 104 |
| 1956 | #929 | 118 |
| 1955 | #1,102 | 82 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 |
| 1953 | #1,026 | 88 |
| 1952 | #1,022 | 84 |
| 1951 | #1,031 | 81 |
| 1950 | #1,076 | 73 |
| 1949 | #1,104 | 67 |
| 1948 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1947 | #1,059 | 70 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,048 | 58 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,111 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,344 | 29 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gaylene! It came in at #3,848, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gaylene is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#229 · 1 in 1,217
- Kansas#303 · 1 in 2,563
- Oklahoma#430 · 1 in 4,330
- Ohio#739 · 1 in 17,028
- California#779 · 1 in 12,615
Best ever in a state: #142 in Utah, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Utah | #229 | 7 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Kansas | #303 | 7 | 1 in 2,563 |
| Oklahoma | #430 | 5 | 1 in 4,330 |
| Ohio | #739 | 5 | 1 in 17,028 |
| California | #779 | 9 | 1 in 12,615 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Gaylene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1995
- Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1956 (#1,102 → #929)
- Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1957 (#929 → #1,026)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1956 at #929 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1956
- Highest: 1 in 17,014 girls born in 1956 were named Gaylene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,710 girls born in 1995 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all girls named Gaylene (896) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 207 | #1,111 (1938) | #1,897 |
| 1940s | 496 | #1,048 (1943) | #1,191 |
| 1950s | 896 | #929 (1956) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 716 | #1,117 (1960) | #1,359 |
| 1970s | 215 | #1,931 (1970) | #3,910 |
| 1980s | 30 | #8,047 (1983) | #9,248 |
| 1990s | 10 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,172 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gaylene in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 23,466 of them was named Gaylene, which outranked 82.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,073Angelia74
- #1,073Dessie74
- #1,073Leilani74
- #1,076Gaylene73
- #1,076Christi73
- #1,076Elvia73
- #1,076Janel73
- #1,082Adrianne72
- #1,082Brinda72
- #1,082Christa72
Tied with 5 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.