Gaylene

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386

Peak · girls
1956 · 118 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,570
since 1931

Gaylene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gaylene has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #929, 1956girls
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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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1984#8,1537
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
1981#10,4115
1980#10,3925
1979#5,42712
1978#6,9488
1977#5,21312
1976#4,36314
1975#3,77417
1974#3,86316
1973#3,23320
1972#2,17335
1971#2,17537
1970#1,93144
1969#1,98040
1968#1,57553
1967#1,42860
1966#1,35165
1965#1,27471
1964#1,38366
1963#1,22680
1962#1,12693
1961#1,13294
1960#1,11794
1959#1,066100
1958#1,08993
1957#1,026104
1956#929118
1955#1,10282
1954#1,16473
1953#1,02688
1952#1,02284
1951#1,03181
1950#1,07673
1949#1,10467
1948#1,11664
1947#1,05970
1946#1,25747
1945#1,18744
1944#1,31537
1943#1,04858
1942#1,27839
1941#1,27136
1940#1,27234
1939#1,30832
1938#1,11142
1937#1,53924
1936#1,26732
1935#2,00616
1934#1,34429
1933#2,16114
1932#2,49012
1931#3,8486
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First appearance
1931

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 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedWAIdaho: #205 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 909 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedINOhio: #951 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,217 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #808 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 11,712 girlsCAUtah: #231 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,169 girlsUTColorado: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,334 girlsCONebraska: #249 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,771 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Gaylene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#205 · 1 in 909
  2. Utah#231 · 1 in 1,169
  3. Nebraska#249 · 1 in 1,771
  4. Colorado#338 · 1 in 2,334
  5. California#808 · 1 in 11,712

Best ever in a state: #142 in Utah, 1945.

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Idaho#20571 in 909
Utah#23191 in 1,169
Nebraska#24981 in 1,771
Colorado#33881 in 2,334
California#808141 in 11,712
Ohio#95151 in 22,217
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See more about Gaylene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1956 at #929 (118 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1956
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,014
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 34.9% of all girls named Gaylene (896) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s207#1,111 (1938)#1,897
1940s496#1,048 (1943)#1,191
1950s896#929 (1956)#1,053
1960s716#1,117 (1960)#1,359
1970s215#1,931 (1970)#3,910
1980s30#8,047 (1983)#9,248
1990s10#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 1957

girls
#1,026
104 births · 1 in 19,662 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,026Gaylene104
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 19,662 of them was named Gaylene, which outranked 85.4% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gaylene
  1. #1,021Marianna105
  2. #1,021Phoebe105
  3. #1,021Selma105
  4. #1,026Gaylene104
  5. #1,026Adrian104
  6. #1,026Allyson104
  7. #1,026Loren104
  8. #1,033Drema103
  9. #1,033Janel103
  10. #1,033Jannette103

Tied with 6 names at #1,026; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →