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.

Gaylen*

#2,838 most common boys' name of all time · #6,834 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1915–2005 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,838
Rank overall
#6,834 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
2,373
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1949 #712
Best rank
#712 1949
Girls Boys peak 104/yr
19201940196019802000

Gaylen first appears in 1915. 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
2005 5 5 #11,632
2003 5 5 #11,072
1998 5 5 10 #9,808
1997 5 5 #9,422
1996 9 5 14 #9,160
1995 6 6
1994 9 6 15 #7,910
1992 8 5 13 #8,616
1991 7 7 #6,638
1990 5 5 #8,340
1988 6 6 #6,585
1986 6 6 #6,089
1985 5 5 10 #6,729
1984 10 10 #3,998
1983 8 8 16 #4,601
1982 5 5 #6,585
1981 6 5 11 #6,486
1980 7 7 #5,073
1979 13 13 #3,245
1978 11 11 #3,466
1977 8 8 #4,272
1976 18 18 #2,451
1975 21 21 #2,165
1974 8 21 29 #2,088
1973 11 11 #3,095
1972 19 19 #2,120
1971 11 11 #3,045
1970 6 26 32 #1,729
1969 6 23 29 #1,751
1968 7 19 26 #1,875
1967 21 21 #1,738
1966 6 23 29 #1,642
1965 5 30 35 #1,423
1964 5 32 37 #1,403
1963 29 29 #1,480
1962 44 44 #1,181
1961 12 36 48 #1,343
1960 15 38 53 #1,289
1959 13 44 57 #1,179
1958 14 41 55 #1,219
1957 10 48 58 #1,113
1956 15 50 65 #1,081
1955 14 54 68 #1,031
1954 9 58 67 #983
1953 5 58 63 #949
1952 12 68 80 #848
1951 18 66 84 #866
1950 10 81 91 #766
1949 10 94 104 #712
1948 18 61 79 #877
1947 12 56 68 #954
1946 8 42 50 #1,074
1945 13 35 48 #1,118
1944 11 42 53 #1,015
1943 14 38 52 #1,118
1942 10 26 36 #1,379
1941 42 42 #1,002
1940 30 30 #1,249
1939 38 38 #1,051
1938 6 28 34 #1,272
1937 41 41 #999
1936 28 28 #1,269
1935 35 35 #1,120
1934 21 21 #1,545
1933 24 24 #1,401
1932 25 25 #1,423
1931 15 15 #1,997
1930 17 17 #1,884
1929 23 23 #1,561
1928 11 11 #2,638
1927 18 18 #1,954
1926 15 15 #2,178
1925 14 14 #2,302
1924 13 13 #2,466
1923 6 6 #4,081
1922 8 8 #3,471
1921 12 12 #2,625
1920 10 10 #2,947
1919 9 9 #3,078
1918 11 11 #2,691
1917 9 9 #2,932
1915 6 6 #3,736