Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gayland

#4,738 most common boys' name of all time · #11,680 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–1995

Rank among boys
#4,738
Rank overall
#11,680 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,025
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1950 #1,035
Best rank
#1,035 1950
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
1920194019601980

Gayland first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1995 5 5 #9,057
1987 8 8 #5,087
1986 8 8 #4,983
1985 5 5 #6,761
1983 5 5 #6,475
1982 10 10 #4,058
1981 5 5 #6,506
1979 6 6 #5,545
1977 9 9 #3,939
1976 8 8 #4,142
1975 6 6 #5,000
1974 7 7 #4,339
1973 14 14 #2,656
1972 9 9 #3,464
1971 10 10 #3,253
1970 17 17 #2,263
1969 12 12 #2,629
1968 14 14 #2,269
1967 14 14 #2,204
1966 16 16 #2,015
1965 21 21 #1,759
1964 10 10 #2,776
1963 16 16 #2,085
1962 18 18 #1,941
1961 17 17 #2,050
1960 11 11 #2,627
1959 18 18 #1,961
1958 25 25 #1,585
1957 28 28 #1,503
1956 31 31 #1,413
1955 25 25 #1,569
1954 31 31 #1,381
1953 33 33 #1,328
1952 22 22 #1,660
1951 36 36 #1,239
1950 47 47 #1,035
1949 34 34 #1,247
1948 30 30 #1,342
1947 31 31 #1,330
1946 19 19 #1,686
1945 19 19 #1,578
1944 21 21 #1,522
1943 23 23 #1,483
1942 26 26 #1,380
1941 16 16 #1,814
1940 20 20 #1,568
1939 17 17 #1,706
1938 23 23 #1,438
1937 12 12 #2,191
1936 18 18 #1,637
1935 14 14 #2,024
1934 10 10 #2,543
1933 17 17 #1,767
1932 9 9 #2,834
1931 14 14 #2,094
1930 11 11 #2,596
1928 7 7 #3,627
1927 8 8 #3,409
1925 5 5 #4,629
1924 8 8 #3,476
1922 5 5 #4,692
1921 5 5 #4,741
1920 13 13 #2,457
1918 7 7 #3,688
1917 6 6 #3,917