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.

Gaylin**

#11,960 most common boys' name of all time · #30,663 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1931–1993 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#11,960
Rank overall
#30,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1931
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
191
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #2,779
Best rank
#2,201 1950
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
194019601980

Gaylin first appears in 1931. 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
1993 5 5
1992 5 5
1976 5 5
1975 5 5 #5,773
1973 8 8 #3,858
1970 5 5
1968 5 5
1967 7 7
1966 7 7 #3,437
1965 5 5
1963 6 6
1962 5 5
1961 6 6 #3,924
1958 6 10 16 #2,779
1954 5 7 12 #3,404
1953 6 6 12 #3,709
1952 9 5 14 #4,142
1951 7 6 13 #3,661
1950 13 13 #2,201
1949 9 9 #2,786
1948 6 6 #3,615
1945 6 6 #3,303
1938 5 5 #3,990
1934 6 6 #3,657
1931 5 5 #4,293