Gaylon
Last seen for girls in 1975 at #7,984 · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to boys 94.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,478since 1912
Gaylon 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,999 | 27 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,670 | 32 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,054 | 23 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,312 | 40 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,170 | 50 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | — | #1,083 | 47 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,198 | 39 | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,131 | 43 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #1,043 | 50 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,082 | 49 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #917 | 68 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #1,059 | 54 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #916 | 68 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #854 | 79 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #835 | 81 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #971 | 61 |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | #822 | 82 |
| 1955 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #762 | 87 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #830 | 75 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #883 | 63 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #736 | 89 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #711 | 93 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #707 | 94 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #789 | 75 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #753 | 83 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #753 | 77 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #927 | 48 |
| 1944 | — | #801 | 61 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #751 | 74 |
| 1942 | — | #786 | 67 | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #758 | 67 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #673 | 81 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #857 | 51 |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #845 | 52 |
| 1936 | — | #780 | 61 | |
| 1935 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,103 | 35 |
| 1932 | — | #1,254 | 29 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,282 | 29 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,215 | 34 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,603 | 23 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gaylon! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gaylon is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#315 · 1 in 2,816
- Texas#399 · 1 in 3,277
Best ever in a state: #213 in Arkansas, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #315 | 6 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Texas | #399 | 17 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Gaylon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1940 (#857 → #673)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1957 (#822 → #971)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1940 at #673 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1934–1960
- Highest: 1 in 14,311 boys born in 1940 were named Gaylon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,232 boys born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all boys named Gaylon (788) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 94 | #1,624 (1919) | #2,221 |
| 1920s | 207 | #1,237 (1929) | #1,810 |
| 1930s | 448 | #770 (1938) | #996 |
| 1940s | 727 | #673 (1940) | #770 |
| 1950s | 788 | #711 (1950) | #823 |
| 1960s | 522 | #916 (1960) | #1,061 |
| 1970s | 338 | #1,170 (1970) | #1,628 |
| 1980s | 185 | #1,999 (1982) | #2,956 |
| 1990s | 114 | #3,459 (1992) | #5,296 |
| 2000s | 50 | #5,920 (2000) | #9,270 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,156 (2018) | #12,156 |
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.
Gaylon in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
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1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 17,003 of them was named Gaylon, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).