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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |