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