Gaylynn
- Last seen for girls in 1993 at #8,719
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 415since 1944
Gaylynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gaylynn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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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| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
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| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
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| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
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| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,960 | 18 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
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| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
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| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
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| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
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First appearance
1944
The first year at least five girls were named Gaylynn! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Gaylynn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Gaylynn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1961 at #2,250 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 70,236
- Highest: 1 in 70,236 girls born in 1962 were named Gaylynn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 201,008 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,250 in 1961, was only 1 in 72,089 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 47.5% of all girls named Gaylynn (197) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 46 | #2,828 (1948) | #3,542 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,727 (1957) | #3,617 |
| 1960s | 197 | #2,250 (1961) | #2,901 |
| 1970s | 64 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,597 |
| 1980s | 15 | #7,398 (1984) | #7,788 |
| 1990s | 9 | #8,719 (1993) | #8,719 |
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.
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