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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | — | — | ||
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| 2012 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#286 · 1 in 2,412
- Alabama#449 · 1 in 6,302
- Texas#493 · 1 in 5,840
Best ever in a state: #213 in Arkansas, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #286 | 8 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Alabama | #449 | 6 | 1 in 6,302 |
| Texas | #493 | 21 | 1 in 5,840 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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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 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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 336,990 of them was named Gaylon, which outranked 22.3% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,168Zipporah7
- #5,168Zonna7
- #5,168Zula7
- #5,696Gaylon6
- #5,696Adalia6
- #5,696Adra6
- #5,696Adrea6
- #6,390Adeana5
- #6,390Adelfa5
- #6,390Adrienna5
Tied with 693 names at #5,696; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 31,358 of them was named Gaylon, which outranked 80.1% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).